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born and raised in Ketchikan and have been a resident for 28 

 years. 



The new legislation under proposal will drastically affect our life- 

 style. We are totally dependent on a continuing timber supply. The 

 timber industry has brought the only stable and year-around econ- 

 omy to southeast Alaska. 



We have built and invested in a strong industry. Our stable em- 

 ployment depends on a secure supply of forest products. 



Thank you. 



Senator Wirth. Thank you very much, Mr. Soule. We appreciate 

 your perspective. 



Mr. Zink. 



STATEMENT OF DAN ZINK 



Mr. Zink. I have been a resident of southeast Alaska for close to 

 46 years, born and raised here. I am not an expert on anything yet 

 but I am just one of the many people who know a little bit about 

 quite a few things. 



Growing up here in the southeast for me means doing things in 

 the out-of-doors, in the woods and on the water and in the air. As a 

 kid growing up my three brothers and I did the things that kids 

 used to do in the out of doors, camp, hike, fish, shoot 22s and just 

 plain have fun getting dirty and hurt. 



My dad was a small contractor and us kids helped him after 

 school and on weekends if he could catch us. Life was good I guess, 

 we did not have a lot of money but did not lack for much except 

 maybe a TV set and a pickup truck that would start when it was 

 supposed to. 



We had a lot of fishermen friends in Ketchikan and my dad 

 worked on their homes primarily doing foundations and outside 

 concrete work. Dad had made many fishermen friends while work- 

 ing on the fishtraps here in southeast. 



Time went by and the pulp mill moved into town and as a young- 

 ster it did not impress me too much, except that us boys had to 

 work with dad pretty steady now because he was getting a lot of 

 work related to the pulp mill and we got a new TV set and a 

 pickup truck that was pretty reliable. 



I graduated from high school and after military training went to 

 work for Halvorson Tugs, towing log rafts to Ketchikan and fuel 

 barges to camps. After that I went to work for the Forest Service 

 in the Engineering Department and lived in tent camps from Hy- 

 daburg to Whale Pass locating and surveying roads. At that time 

 there was no road up the length of Prince of Wales Island. It was a 

 long hike from Control Lake to salt water, a real beauty in those 

 days. 



Dad was gone and my brother Jim and I were contractors, we 

 have done pretty well, raised our families and continue to hunt, 

 fish and play with them here in Southeastern Alaska. Without a 

 doubt we have derived a large part of our livelihood from the 

 timber industry. 



Sure I feel remorse to a certain extent when I look at a clearcut 

 but I also feel like an intruder when I paddle a canoe into a cove 

 and scare up birds or a bear runs off to hide or walking up to the 



