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As evidence of how the pulp mills put the independent sawmills, 

 the independent loggers, out of business, I submitted for the record 

 a copy of the Reid Brothers timber sale lawsuit brief. No one cried 

 when these people were put out of business. Among those was the 

 Ketchikan Spruce Mill which produced dimension, kiln dried 

 lumber, supplied throughout all of Alaska. 



I thank you Senator Wirth for introducing your Tongass reform 

 bill. I support the repeal of the 4.5 billion board feet per decade 

 harvest, along with the $40 million a year of subsidy. I support can- 

 cellation of the 50-year contracts. Your bill does need to be 

 strengthened to give permanent protection to areas listed in the 

 bill. The Forest Service will not protect these areas. 



I have just a few areas that I wanted to mention. The Yakatuat 

 Forelands is, I think, an area unique in Southeast Alaska. 



There are two wilderness areas that I think should be expanded, 

 one is the Petersburg Creek-Duncan Canal, two areas that are 

 listed in your bill and were in the original proposal. The other one 

 is Tebenkof Wilderness and, if we do not get the additions to that 

 wilderness ,area, it is just a large body of water surrounded by a 

 little, narrow fringe of land. 



The Naha River was our favorite steelhead stream, and my hus- 

 band's ashes are there. I would like to see it as wilderness. 



I have tried to work within the system, and it has been a waste 

 of time. I have read hundreds and responded to hundreds of Envi- 

 ronmental Impact Statements. I filed appeals. 



Thank you for this time. 



[The prepared statement of Ms. Baade follows:] 



