566 



EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO RECOVER THAT MONEY. 



THE FOREST SERVICE WAS NOT UNCHALLENGED IN ITS SINGLE PURPOSE 

 MANAGEMENT OF THE TONGASS. FISHING GROUPS AND SMALL COMMUNITIES 

 WERE THREATENING COURT ACTION. THE STATE OF ALASKA WAS 

 CONSIDERING TAKING THE FOREST SERVICE TO COURT AS UNFIT LAND 

 MANAGERS. THE FOREST SERVICE HAD LOST THE COURT BATTLE TO 

 ESTABLISH THE U.S. PLYWOOD CHAMPION MILL. THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF 

 JUSTICE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO IMPLICATE THE FOREST SERVICE, 

 DESPITE THE EVIDENCE, IN PROSECUTING THE INDUSTRY FOR CONSTRAINT 

 OF TRADE. THE FOREST SERVICE HAD ITS BACK TO THE WALL. 



BY THE LATE SEVENTIES THE FOREST SERVICE PROMISED A NEW ERA IN 

 FOREST PRACTICES AND PLANNING. THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 

 SOUTHEAST AREA GUIDE ALL RESOURCES WOULD BE CONSIDERED. THROUGH 

 THE PASSAGE OF ANILCA THE FOREST SERVICE WOULD PROVIDE AN AVERAGE 

 OF 450 BILLION FEET PER DECADE WHILE PROTECTING THE OTHER 

 RESOURCES OF THE TONGASS. 



ITS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THE FOREST SERVICE WAS BAILED OUT 

 OF THE ENORMOUS CONTROVERSY BY CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. CONGRESS 

 SPECIFIED IN ANILCA THAT. THE 450 TARGET WOULD ALLOW FOR MODEST 

 GROWTH IN THE INDUSTRY, AND THAT HIGHGRADING WOULD BE LESSENED. 

 THE BILL ALSO DIRECTED THE FOREST SERVICE TO PROTECT SUBSISTENCE 

 ACTIVITIES, AND FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. IF THE FOREST SERVICE 

 WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THAT IT WAS ASKED TO DO I T HAD 

 THE OBLIGATION TO REPORT BACK TO CONGRESS. 



THE FOREST SERVICE HAS IGNORED THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTINUED 



