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TRADE. I URGE TOU TO SUPPORT SENATOR WIRTH'S BILL 

 REFORMING TONGASS MANAGEMENT: IT IS SIMPLE ECONOMICS 

 THAT A COMPETITIVE. FREE MARKET INDUSTRT CANNOT DEVELOP 

 AS LONG AS THE "MAJOR' PLATERS GET MAJOR BREAKS. 



SOUND PUBLIC POLICY CANNOT ALLOW A VALUABLE ECOSTSTEM 

 THAT SUSTAINS MANY DIVERSE INDUSTRIES - SUCH AS TOURISM 

 AND COMMERCIAL FISHING - TO BE DESTROYED. THE VIABLE AND 

 FRAGILE OLD GROWTH OF THE TONGASS MUST BE GRANTED 

 PERMANENT PROTECTION BY LAW. NOT JUST A TEMPORARY 

 MORATORIUM. IF THE PRIME OLD GROWTH STANDS. WITH ROADS 

 AND SURVEYS PAID FOR BY U.S. TA2PAYERS. ARE SEEMINGLY THE 

 ONLY ECONOMICAL AREAS TO HARVEST ~ THEN THE ECONOMY IS 



FALSE AND WE ARE BEING CHEATED. 



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IF OLD GROWTH IS UNPROTECTED. SO ARE SALMON STREAMS 

 UNPROTECTED. AND SO IS THE HEART OF THE FOREST WHICH MANY 

 ALASKANS LIVE OFF OF. AND AS aEARCUTS BECOME COMMON 

 SCENERY. OUR GROWING TOURIST INDUSTRY WILL DISAPPEAR. 



THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF THE TONGASS 

 NATIONAL FOREST MUST BE REFORMED. SENATOR WIRTH'S BILL 

 MAKES REASONABLE CHANGES THAT REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN 

 WORK WITH....FISH WITH....LIVE WITH....GROW OLD WITH. 



