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PORT ALTHROP, IDAHD INLET, MUD BAY, LISIANSKI RIVER, IS, SUCH A 

 CRUCIAL FISH HABITAT, OUR FISHERMAN, CAN HARDLY BELIEVE, OUR GOVERN- 

 MENT, WANTS. TO DESTROY IT. 



OUR FISHING INDUSTRY INCLUDES: 5 TYPES OF CRABBING, SHRIMPING, HALIBUT, 

 COD, SNAPPER, HERRING, KING SALMON, DOGSALMON, HUMPY, COHO AND SOCKEYE 

 SALMON. HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE THE WXPERTIXE OF FISH. BY KNOWING 

 THE SEASON OF THE RUNS, USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF GEAR TO CATCH THE 

 FISH, KNOWING THE WINDS AND TIDES, ALSO OF SMOKING AND STORING OF THE 

 FISH. AS "SUBSISTENCE USERS OF HOONAH, WANT TO BE HEARD", POINTS OUT, 

 "OUR FISHERIES AND SEAFOOD HAD BEEN AFFECTED, ALREADY THROUGH RIVER 

 EROSION, SALMON SPAWNS HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY, LOG YARDS AND DUMPS 

 CAUSE CONTINOUS OIL LEAKAGE INTO WATERS AND BARK FROM LOGS STORED IN 

 WATERS, ARE CAUSING UNTOLD DAMAGE." 



AS FISHERMAN GO TO THE FISHING GROUNDS, THEY TELL US THEY HAVE TO BE 

 ON CONSTANT ALERT, OF FLOATING LOGS. THIS POTENTIAL AND REALISTIS, 

 DAMAGE TO BOATS. FISHING GEAR, ENGINES AND LIVES!!!!!! THEY TRAVEL 

 ALOT BY NIGHT, BECAUSE OF REGULATED FISHING TIME, A QUOTA WHICH SEEMS 

 TO GET CUT MORE EACH YEAR. 



OUR FISHERMAN, AT THE SAME TIME ARE NOT HAPPY TO SEE FORIEGN FISHERMAN, 

 SO EASILY ROB ANOTHER RESOURCE. WE ARE THE ONLY CONTRY THAT HAS TO 

 SHAKE FISH THAT ARE INCIDENTAL CATCHES. FOR EXAMPLE: DURING BLACK 

 COD SEASON, THE HALIBUT HAS TO BE TOSSED BACK TO THE SEA TO WATCH IT 

 FLOAT OR SINK. SOMETIMES UP TO 20,000 POUNDS A SEASON PER BOAT. THIS 

 IS AGAINST OUR BELIEVES OR LAWS KNOWING THIS CAN FEED FAMILIES THROUGH- 

 OUT A WINTER. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LET THIS COUNTRY RUIN MORE NATURAL 

 HABITAT, BY LOGGING PRACTICES, WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH. 



FOR YEARS, THE FOREST SERVICE, HAS BEEN SAYING IN THEIR E.I.S. THAT 

 THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, ON OUR WAY OF LIFE!!!!!!! AS A PLAN- 

 TIFF IN "HANLON VS. BARTON" WE HAD NO CHOICE, BUT TO TAKE ACTION 

 BEFORE WE LOST EVERYTHING. ANILCA, TITLE 8 , A "SUBSISTENCE" LAW, 

 IS FINALLY BEING REALIZED AND BEING COMPIED TO. 



IN OUR INJUNCTION, WE ARE ABLE, TO PROTECT, 17 V.C.U.'S IN WHITE 

 STONE HARBOR, WHICH IS A CRUCIAL DEER HABITAT. A LOG TRANSFER 

 FACILITY WOULD NOT BE PUT IN V.C.U. 209. ROAD ACCESS TO SOME UNITS 

 WILL BEHALTED. THE FOREST SERVICE IS NOW REQUIRED TO SEE IF ANY OF 

 THE PLANS. FOR LOGGING WILL HAVE IMPACT ON OUR WAY OF LIFE, WITH 

 RESPECT TO THE 1986-90 APC OPERATING PLAN. ALSO ANY CARRY OVER, WILL 

 HAVE TO HAVE A SUBSISTENCE HEARING. FOR THE RECORDS: HERE IS THE 

 STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF INJUNCTION. THIS PROVES TO ME THAT OUR 

 TRIBAL BELIEVES OR LAWS OF PROTECTING OUR LAND. WILL FOREVER ... PROVE 

 TO BE RIGHT. THIS LAND AND OUR PEOPLE CAN NOT BE SEPARATED, IT IS 

 OUR RESPONSIBITY, TO CO-EXIST AND SPEAK FOR THE LAND. 



TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST IS BEAUTIFUL CONTRY. CONTINUED LIFE OF THIS 

 LAND, WILL BE CONTINUED LIFE AND CULTURE OF THE TLINGIT PEOPLE. 



AS YOU ARE IN THIS AREA, FLY OVER THE NORTHERN TIP OF CHICAHAGOF 

 ISLAND, YOU WILL SEE THE BEGir/lNfC OF THE FOREST SERVICE CUTS AND GET 

 A BETER UNDERSTANDIN OF WHAT WE FACE. 



I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF 

 BILL S 346. 



