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hold 1.7 million acres of land from flexible management policies, 

 l\r\e consequences of that action might be pleasing to some 

 environmentalists and well-intentioned politicians. But, it is 

 wrong -- wrong in approach; wrong in result. We ask. Instead, 

 that you simply mal<e the corrections necessary to restore sound 

 fiscal management to the Tongass National Forest and then allow 

 Alaskans to establish the harmony that is necessary for us to 

 live, prosper and perpetuate our ways of life. 



