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STATEMENT OF HAYDEN KADEN, JUNEAU, ALASKA 



FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS HAYDEN KADEN. I HAVE BEEN A 

 PERMANENT RESIDENT OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA FOR 22 YEARS. I AM 

 AN ATTORNEY SPECIALIZING IN LEGISLATION AND, IN ADDITION, 

 FOR 16 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN A WILDERNESS RECREATION GUIDE IN 

 SOUTHEAST. I ALSO LIVED WITH MY FAMILY IN A SUBSISTENCE 

 LIFESTYLE IN A RURAL SOUTHEAST ALASKA COMMUNITY FOR 11 

 YEARS. I AM APPEARING IN SUPPORT OF S. 346, THE TONGASS 

 TIMBER REFORM ACT. 



THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SOUTHEAST ARE 

 BEING CRIPPLED BY TONGASS MANAGEMENT POLICIES DEVELOPED OVER 

 THIRTY YEARS AGO. 



SINCE THEN OUR REGION HAS GROWN AND DIVERSIFIED, BUT FEDERAL 

 POLICIES HAVE NOT GROWN AND DIVERSIFIED WITH US. 



THE STRONGEST CRIES FOR CHANGE ARE COMING FROM THE VERY 

 COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE SURROUNDED BY THE TONGASS FOREST, AND 

 FROM THE PEOPLE MOST DEPENDENT UPON ITS RESOURCES. 



NEW TIMBER OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY THE MONOPOLY 

 CONTRACTS AND THE RESULTING LIMITS ON TIMBER SUPPLY. SMALL 

 MILLS COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR LEFT OVER TIMBER, IN BID 

 SALES, WHILE THE PULP MILLS PAY REDUCED RATES AND THEREBY 

 ELIMINATE THEIR COMPETITION. 



COMMUNITY WATERSHEDS HAVE BEEN LOGGED DESPITE LOCAL PROTESTS 

 BECAUSE COMMUNITIES HAVE NO STATUS WHEN THE NEEDS OF THE 

 50 -YEAR CONTRACT HOLDERS CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF TONGASS 

 COMMUNITIES. 



FISHERMEN, TOURISM INTERESTS, GUIDES, RECREATIONISTS , AND 

 OTHERS WITH A PROFOUND ECONOMIC STAKE IN THE FOREST, ARE 

 SEEING THEIR FUTURE STRIPPED AWAY UNDER A MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 

 WHICH PROVIDES ITS PRIMARY BENEFITS TO THE JAPANESE. 



THE DEBATE OVER STREAM PROTECTION WILL NOT GO AWAY UNTIL THE 

 FOREST SERVICE IS ABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE BUFFERS. HOWEVER, 

 THE OVER COMMITMENT OF THE FOREST REQUIRES CONSTANT 

 COMPROMISING OF COMPETING ECONOMIC USES. 



THE TONGASS FOREST CAN PROVIDE TIMBER TO DIVERSE LOCAL 

 INTERESTS, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE TIMBER 

 MANUFACTURE, PROVIDE HABITAT FOR COMMERCIAL AND SUBSISTENCE 

 FISHERIES, AND ALLOW FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY 



SELF-DETERMINATION — BUT ONLY IF MAJOR CHANGES OCCUR IN THE 

 MANAGEMENT GOALS. 



WE URGE YOU TO PROTECT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING 

 FOR ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION. DO NOT CONTINUE A POLICY 



