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The Tongass Land Use Management Plan process should be 

 continued. The Forest Service has worked with all the parties in 

 the region to develop a sound management plan for the Tongass. 

 Cape Fox Corporation applauds the Forest Service's efforts and 

 encourages the Congress not to impede the Forest Service in its 

 attempt to accomplish its multiple-use objectives. 



B. MAINTAIN ECONOMIC TIMBER SUPPLY 



Congress should not reduce the allowable sale quantity on 

 the Tongass below 4.5 billion board feet per decade. Cape Fox 

 Corporation does not recommend a "mandated" cut, or any minimum 

 harvest level. Rather, the actual harvest levels should be 

 determined by supply and demand and appropriate forestry 

 management techniques. 



Congress should ensure access to marginal timber stands on 

 the Tongass. We recommend an intensive management fund of $18 

 million per year to do preroading, reforestation and thinning and 

 to protect fisheries habitat and fisheries enhancement in areas 

 with marginal timber stands. The Forest Service should manage 

 the forest according to principles of multiple-use, including 

 providing economically viable timber sales to all operators in 

 the Tongass Forest. 



While Cape Fox recognizes the need to stimulate alternative 

 industries in the long run, reducing the allowable sale quantity 

 would have a significant impact on employment in our area, 

 especially among our shareholders. This will especially be the 

 case after the timber from our lands has been harvested. 



Cape Fox also is concerned that reducing the amount of 

 timber available to Ketchikan Pulp Corporation may result in 

 closure of the pulp mill in Ketchikan. That would have a 



