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TO CLAIM THAT IT IS DOING A QUALITY JOB ON THE TONGASS. ONE HAS 

 BUT TO READ THE 86-90 ALASKA PULP CO LONG TERM SALE ENVIRONMENTAL 

 IMPACT STATEMENT TO LEARN THAT LOGGING HAS NO IMPACT ON 

 SUBSISTENCE AND THAT WHILE DEER NUMBERS WILL BE DECREASED DUE TO 

 LOGGING OF OLD GROWTH, HUNTER EXPECTATIONS WILL BE MET BECAUSE 

 HUNTERS WILL NOT EXPECT TO HARVEST AS MANY DEER. MANAGEMENT BASED 

 ON THIS TYPE OF RATIONAL IS ASSURED TO END UP IN COURT. THE 

 FOREST SERVICE GOAL, IS ONCE AGAIN, TO GET THE CUT OUT AND IN 

 DOING SO IF LOGIC AND SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS HAVE TO BE IGNORED, 

 THEN SO BE IT. 



THE PROMISED CHANGES IN TONGASS MANAGEMENT ARE STILL ONLY 

 PROMISES. 



THE FOREST SERVICE HAS CONTINUED ITS LONG HISTORY OF SUPPORTING 

 THE TIMBER INDUSTRY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER RESOURCES. IF THE 

 FOREST SERVICE HAD FOLLOWED THE DIRECTION IN ANILCA AND SHOWN THE 

 LEADERSHIP TO PRACTICE TRUE MULTIPLE USE WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS 

 HEARING TODAY. THE ONLY PART OF ANILCA THE FOREST SERVICE HAS 

 CHOSEN TO HONOR IS THE 450 BOARD FOOT TARGET. THIS EFFORT HAS 

 BEEN AT A GREAT DOLLAR EXPENSE TO THE TAX PAYER AND HAS CONTINUED 

 THE HIGHGRADING THAT IS SO DESTRUCTIVE TO THE OTHER FOREST 

 RESOURCES. 



THE FOREST SERVICE HAS FAILED TO CARRY OUT ITS MULTIPLE USE 

 MANDATE UNDER ANILCA, WHICH HAS CREATED A NATIONAL FIRESTORM OF 

 CONTROVERSY, YET THE FOREST SERVICE DENIES THERE ARE SERIOUS 



