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Senator Tim Wirth and members of the committee: 



I am Dixie Baade, a resident of Kupreanof Alaska, one o f the commun- 

 ities supporting Senator Wirth 's Tongasa Timber Heform bill. 



I came to Southeaat Alaska in l<)kk to work for the Territorial I>epart- 

 ment of Health. My background is in Public Health Laboratory. Although 

 I have been a member of the Sierra Club for over 50 years, I was not invol- 

 ved in conservation until I saw the devastation resulting from pulp mill 

 operations. I am one of the founders of SEACC (the Southeast Alaska Con- 

 servation Council). We formed first as volunteers to coordinate the act- 

 ivities of, as I remember, 5 local groups. It became obvious that volun- 

 teers could not handle the work involved and we re-formed and hired a 

 staff. 3SACC now includes 13 local groups. 



There are those who would have you believe that the pressure for re- 

 form is coming from outside Alaska. I can assure you t;.at it is from 

 those of us who live here and have seen first hand what is happening to 

 our land . 



Senator .'Iur;;owski's bil fails to address the problems of manat;eL-ent . 

 . ther t..2n riiding us of t .e scandalous waste of -'ederal money, it does 

 not .ing to correct tr.e serious cverc':ttin-, the lack of protection for 

 fish and wildlife aabitat or tne probleis cai.ed by tne 50 .,-e3r oontrjcts. 



.^e dc not nave .'.ultiole Use. All ot .er resources a.-e subordinate to 

 tir.,i,er. ,.nen trie Forest -ervice cc.sidcrs it has a ..iandate to cut 4.5 

 bi^lii.n ooard feet per decade, t:.is o:_ount will be ciiOred regardless of 

 the da.,_e to ot.er resources. 



The Tongass is not only being managed for timber production, it is 

 managed for the two pulp mills. It is critical that the 50 year contracts 

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