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ELECTIVE DISTRICT 1 



HYDER 



KETCHIKAN 



KUPREANOF 



MEYERS CHUCK 



PETERSBURG 



SAXMAN 



WRANGELL 



ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE 



Representative Cheri L. Davis 



HOME 



PO BOX 5723 

 KETCHIKAN. AK 99901 

 PHONE 225-6304 



DURING SESSION 



P.O. BOX V 



STATE CAPITOL BUILDING 



JUNEAU, AK 99811 



PHONE 465-3424 



Good morning, I appreciate the opportunity to testify on 

 the future of the Tongass National Forest. 



Thirteen years ago, this July, I came to the Ketchikan 

 High School Auditorium to testify before the Environmental 

 Protection Agency and members of Congress about the need for 

 jobs in Ketchikan. At that time, I was a young housewife with 

 3 small children, an unemployed husband and no political 

 background whatsoever. I was simply a concerned citizen. 



At that time, we were in danger of closing down an 

 industry that is vital to this area. Again, I appear in the 

 Ketchikan High School Auditorium. My children are older. My 

 husband is employed and I have become somewhat involved in 

 politics. However, the issue has not changed. I am here to 

 discuss the future of the Tongass National Forest and the 

 timber industry it supports. 



I believe that outside of our state there is a perception 

 that Alaskans are more concerned with money than with our 

 environment. I disagree. I live in Alaska primarily because 

 of the beauty of our state. In order to live here, however. 



