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ment but he said that if I see any more wilderness around here I 

 am going to give up, the point being that this is a big hunk of real 

 estate in southeast Alaska and a beautiful part, a very previous 

 part and the stewardship of this part of Alaska obviously belongs 

 to all Americans but I think those in southeast Alaska, in spite of 

 the divergence of opinion really feel that this is their special place 

 and from this process, why, hopefully we can continue to regard 

 this special place with some dedication and sensitivity of all the 

 witnesses who testified today. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [Applause.] 



Senator Wirth. Thank you, Senator Murkowski. 



On behalf of the Committee I want to thank you and all of the 

 citizens of Ketchikan for their hospitality today. I thank the Staff 

 as well, most especially I want to thank those witnesses who came 

 and spent so much time with us today. You know I think we had 

 about a hundred witnesses today, we learned a lot. 



Senator Burns, we certainly appreciate particularly so many 

 heart-felt moments of testimony. That is a tribute to the people's 

 commitment to their way of life and to this beautiful, beautiful 

 part of the country 



We thank you for getting us up here and making sure that this 

 hearing occurred and I want to thank all the members of the audi- 

 ence that took their time, and expressions of concern came bub- 

 bling out — but that is the American way too, so all of you, thank 

 you very much. 



The Committee will be adjourned until tomorrow morning at an- 

 other reasonably early Alaskan hour. Let us hope that tomorrow 

 we will also be blessed with good Rocky Mountain Montana-Colora- 

 do clear blue skies. 



Thank you very much. 



[Whereupon, at 2:15 p.m., the hearing recessed, to reconvene, 

 Tuesday, April 25, 1989.] 



