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Where they make lumber for house": and desks which they write "The Curse Of The 



Logger" on paper of white. 

 Which is not made of plastic and not made of tin, it's made from a tree and the 



wood held within. 

 They all try to stop us from the forests we log, they say it looks ugly, but what 



about their cities with the smoke and the smog? 

 For our air is clean and our water is pure, unlike New York or Miami I'm sure. 

 As for the glory days of logging the end they say is near. "But old loggers never die, 



like myths and dreams they just disappear." 



Thank you. [Applause] 

 Senator Wirth. Thank you very much. 



Now we have had some depressing moments and all and we ap- 

 preciate your being here. 

 Marcia Ryno. 



STATEMENT OF MARCIA RYNO 



Ms. Ryno. My name is Marcia Ryno and I am in road construc- 

 tion. I have lived in the Tongass for 20 years and we raised our 

 family in logging communities. 



We moved to Coffman Cove on Prince of Wales Island when we 

 first came to Alaska. The area that was logged at that time is al- 

 ready thick with second growth timber. 



My husband has worked as a logger and is now working in road 

 construction on Prince of Wales. 



While raising our kids in camp we enjoyed fishing, hunting, the 

 wilderness and scenic beauty and all the while being able to work 

 in the Tongass. 



Both my sons have graduated from high school in southeast 

 Alaska and are now working in the road construction building log- 

 ging roads and raising their families here. 



I make my living as a flagger on road construction projects. I 

 have been a camp cook for 15 years, cooking in both logging and 

 road construction camps for up to 55 men at a time. The men I 

 have cooked for are here for the lifestyle, not just the job or espe- 

 cially the working conditions. 



If there is no logging and we have to leave, would Senator Wirth 

 be interested in having me come to Colorado to cook for him and if 

 so does he plan to hire the other 500 people I have cooked for as 

 gardeners? 



Thank you. [Applause.] 



Mr. Johnson. My name is Ed Johnson 



Senator Wirth. I appreciate it but everybody — there are a lot of 

 people who could not come so I really cannot do that. Thank you 

 and I am sorry but it would not be fair to everybody else. If you 

 wait until the end 



Let me jump on if I may — you do understand lots of people who 

 could not testify and it would not be fair. Now you will probably be 

 Number 65. 



Mr. Johnson, well, I am sorry, I am sorry, go ahead, why don't 

 you just go ahead and do it right now. I did not realize you were on 

 the list, you are Edwin Johnson? 



Mr. Johnson. Yes. 



