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Trap Bay is important both for subsistence and recreation, and it 

 is one of the most breath-taking, beautiful areas in the Southeast. 

 The Forest Service plans to clearcut Trap Bay, despite the small 

 amount of timber available, and this has left even local loggers be- 

 wildered. 



Tenakee also requests an amendment to the Tongass Act. We are 

 an isolated village, unconnected to any of the road systems. We 

 wish to remain that way. 



If the Forest Service condemns municipal property, then it in- 

 sists on shoving the road connection down our throats. We request 

 that a single line be added to the Tongass bill to prohibit the inter- 

 connection of any road or any other road that crosses the corporate 

 boundaries of Tenakee Springs with any other road system. Having 

 unnecessary roads forced on us, or being told by the Forest Service 

 that our community's needs are unimportant, or that Tenakee does 

 not know what clear- cutting is yet underscores the preference 

 given to the timber industry. As one resident put it, "The Tongass 

 is being managed under a policy of confrontation and revenge. 



Senator Wirth, thank you for introducing your bill for reforming 

 the Tongass. At the request of a number of my constituents, who, I 

 remind Senator Murkowski are also his constituents, we object to 

 the way these lists are compiled. Many small communities were ex- 

 cluded because the rules of the Commission were not enforced and 

 the timber industry was permitted to buy selection. We are 

 shocked that the Senator would be a party to such an inferior 

 action, and it is regrettable that the subcommittee would allow 

 such lists to be included. 



[The prepared statement of Ms. Ziel follows:] 



