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Section 705(d) is repealed. 



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Title VII is amended by adding a new section to read: 



Section 709(a)(1) The following public lands within the Tongass 

 National Forest are hereby designated as protected non-coramercial 

 timber areas: 



Impact Potential 

 Yakutat Forelands 134,822 acres 3.75 million bd. ft. /year* 



Kadashan River Watershed 

 ChucJc River /Windham Bay 

 Lisianski and 



Upper Hoonah Sound 

 Nutkwa River Watershed 

 Karta River Watershed 

 Mt . Calder/Mt. Holbrook 

 Young Lake 

 Outside Islands 



Noyes 



Lulu 



Baker 

 Trap Bay Watershed 

 Goose Flats 

 Berners Bay 



TOTAL: 646.180 acres 23.27 million bd. ft. /year 



(* These volume/year figures are to be compared to the '450' million 

 board ft/yr timber supply goal managed on a 100 year rotation.) 



The Secretary shall manage the protected areas designated in this 

 section in accordance with Land Use Designation 1 1 as defined in the 

 Tongass Land Management Plan (amended 85-86). The Secretary shall 

 establish a management direction specific to the above areas 

 including allowed uses other than timber harvest, through the Land 

 Management Planning Process in consultation with the communities of 

 Southeast Alaska. 



(2) The Secretary is authorized and directed to pursue reasonable 

 opportunities for non-wilderness land exchanges, trades, and/or 

 purchases with the State of Alaska and/or any appropriate private 

 land owners of property that may add to the timber base to mitigate 

 or eliminate the potential economic impacts of 709(a)(1) in Southeast 

 Alaska. The Secretary shall provide Congress with a written report 

 and recommendations including a complete description of any proposed 

 exchanges or trades. The report shall be prepared in consultation 

 with the Southeast Conference. 



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