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Ms. Hanlon. In our injunction we are able to protect 17 VCU.'s 

 in White Stone Harbor, which is a crucial deer habitat. A log 

 transfer facility would not be put in VCU. 209. Road access to some 

 units will be halted. The Forest Service is now required to see if 

 any of the plans for logging will have an 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 beliefs or laws of protecting our land will forever prove 

 to be right. This land and our people cannot be separated. It is our 

 responsibility to co-exist and speak for the land. 



Tongass National Forest is beautiful country. Continued life of 

 this land will be continued life and culture of the Tlingit people. 



I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify in favor 

 of Bill S. 346. 



Senator Wirth. Mr. Carlson. 



STATEMENT OF CHARLES CARLSON, DIRECTOR, SEALASKA 



CORP. 



Mr. Carlson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



My name is Charles Carlson, and I am a director of Sealaska 

 Corporation. 



On behalf of Sealaska, I would like to express our appreciation to 

 the Senate Energy Committee and this subcommittee for inviting 

 us to testify today. 



As a preliminary matter, we would like to note that the debate 

 process surrounding the Tongass Reform Legislation has been a dif- 

 ficult but often rewarding experience. We would like to thank the 

 Southeast Conference of Mayors for their courage and contribution 

 in the debate on the Tongass. They have taken farsighted, and 

 sometimes politically unpopular, positions in framing their position 

 on Tongass Management. Sealaska supports many of their posi- 

 tions and encourages the subcommittee to seriously consider their 

 recommendations. 



We also want to thank the Governor's office for its diligent work 

 with the many interested parties in this process and for its efforts 

 in crafting workable compromises. 



I would like to focus your attention today on some of the points 

 we consider critical to the Tongass debate. You have an opportuni- 

 ty to convert the Tongass reform legislation into a farsighted eco- 

 nomic development bill. You can help set us on a path toward eco- 

 nomic diversification that will provide us and our children with a 

 reliable and sustainable economic future. 



First, we believe that Tongass Forest management must strive to 

 accomplish multiple-use objectives. In 705 (a) of ANILCA, Congress 

 directed a great deal of money toward protecting the "dependent 

 timber industry" in Alaska to protect the jobs in that industry. 

 Congress provided little money to tourism, commercial fishing or 

 mining. Despite eight years of this one-directional subsidy, employ- 

 ment in the timber industry is down, not including native employ- 

 ment. At the same time, fishing and tourism are booming, and 

 mining is growing. 



