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ALLOWED TO TAKE ALL THE TREES AT THE FIRST ENTRY. PRINCE OF WALES 

 ISLAND CARRIES THE LEGACY OF THAT POLICY. 



I HAVE HEARD DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO KEEP FISH AND GAME BIOLOGISTS 

 PROM INFLUENCING HOW TIMBER SALES ARE LAID OUT. 



I HAVE HEARD A REGIONAL FORESTER PROMISE THAT THERE WOULD NEVER 

 BE AN ACRE OF WILDERNESS ON THE TONGASS. 



I HAVE WITNESSED FOREST SUPERVISORS EXCLUDE AREAS FROM WILDERNESS 

 CONSIDERATIONS BECAUSE THE AREA CONTAINED A FEW ACRES OF 

 COMMERCIAL TIMBER. 



WHEN THE FOREST SERVICE TRIED ITS FIRST FOREST WIDE PLANNING 

 EFFORT IN 1973, THE PLANNER IN CHARGE TOLD ME THE PLAN HAD BEEN 

 WRITTEN TO PURPOSELY CONFUSE THE PUBLIC, SINCE WHENEVER THE 

 PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE DOING THEY CREATED TROUBLE. 



THIS WAS THE BRAND OF MULTIPLE USE THAT WAS PRACTICED ON THE 

 TONGASS UNTIL THE MID SEVENTIES. THE ONLY CONSIDERATION DURING 

 THIS PERIOD WAS THAT THE LOGGER CUT AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE AND 

 MAKE THE GREATEST PROFIT. THE TIMBER INDUSTRY WAS CUTTING THE 

 HEART OUT OF THE TONGASS, HIGHGRADING THE BEST OLD GROWTH, WHILE' 

 ILLEGALLY CONSTRAINING TRADE AND KEEPING DOUBLE SETS OF BOOKS. 

 THE FOREST SERVICE WAS NOT UNAWARE OF THESE ACTIONS. 



THE FOREST SERVICE ESTIMATED THAT THE PULP COMPANIES CHEATED THE 

 GOVERNMENT, YOU AND I, OUT OF SOME 80 MILLION DOLLARS, YET NO 



