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STATEMENT OF 

 K.J. METCALF 



VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 

 SOUTHEAST ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL 



BEFORE THE 

 SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, 

 NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS 

 APRIL 25, 1989 



MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR THE 

 OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY. FOR THE RECORD; MY NAME IS K.J. 

 METCALF, I LIVE IN ANGOON AND AM SPEAKING FOR THE SOUTHEAST 

 ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL, FOLLOWED BY A PERSONAL STATEMENT. 

 THE SOUTHEAST ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL (SEACC) , IS A 

 GRASSROOTS COALITION OF 13 ORGANIZATIONS IN 11 COMMUNITIES. SEACC 

 IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE WHO WORK AND LIVE IN THE TONGASS NATIONAL 

 FOREST. 



SEACC SUPPORTS SENATOR WIRTH'S BILL, S. 346, AND BELIEVES IT 

 WOULD BE STRENGTHENED BY GIVING PERMANENT PROTECTION TO THE 23 

 KEY FISH AND WILDLIFE AREAS. 



SEACC OPPOSES SENATOR MURKOWSKI'S BILL, S.237, SINCE IT MAINTAINS 

 THE STATUS QUO AND FAILS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS FACING THE 

 TONGASS. 



THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE MY OWN. I BASE THESE COMMENTS ON 20 

 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE FOREST SERVICE ON THE TONGASS 

 NATIONAL FOREST. DURING THIS TIME I WORKED ON A NUMBER OF PUBLIC 

 LAND MANAGEMENT ISSUES. FROM 1973 TO 1978 I WAS PART OF THE 

 TONGASS LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROCESS. FROM 1978 TO 1982 I WAS 



