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A Turning Point for the Tongass 



Statement of the Natural Resources Defense Council 

 in support of S. 346, 

 the Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1989 



Submitted to the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks 

 and Forests, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 



by 



Justin R. Ward 

 Senior Project Associate 



March 14, 1989 



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