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Getting a Handle on the Facts About the Tongass National Forest 



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Jobs on the Tongass 

 (average monthly jobs) 



About 28% of the jobs in 

 SoullKast Alaska depend 

 on a guaraiueed supply of 

 timber Crocn the Tongass, 

 Of these. 3400 are direct 

 timber jobs and 4800 are 

 indirect support jobs. 



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Land Classification on the 

 Tongass National Forest 

 (16.7 million acres total) 



, Commercial Forest Land 



in the Tongass 



(5 J mHUon acres total) 



