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ORAL TESTIMONY OF FRANK FURROW 



MY NAME IS FRANK FURROW. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE 

 DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA. 



I AM AN EMPLOYEE AT ALASKA PULP CORPORATION, I SUPPORT 

 SENATE BILL 237 AND I WOULD LIKE TO STATE MY CONCERN ABOUT THE 

 LIKELIHOOD OF THE MILL CLOSING DOWN IF THE PENDING LEGISLATION 

 SHOULD PASS. THAT EVENT WOULD HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON ME, MY 

 FELLOW EMPLOYEES AND SITKA RESIDENTS IN GENERAL. I HAVE INCLUDED 

 IN MY WRITTEN TESTIMONY A COPY OF AN EVALUATION, ENTITLED "THE 

 SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE ALASKA PULP CORPORATION" PREPARED BY 

 THE MACDOWELL GROUP. SECONDLY, I HAVE INCLUDED A COPY OF A PAPER 

 ENTITLED "THE IMPACT OF THE LONG TERM CONTRACTS ON THE ECONOMY OF 

 SOUTHEAST ALASKA: 1954-1988" BY GEORGE W. ROGERS, PH.D. 

 PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. 



THIRDLY, I HAVE INCLUDED A PAPER ENTITLED "TONGASS-EXPLORING 

 THE MYTHS" BY ROLLO POOL. 



FOURTH, I HAVE INCLUDED A STUDY OF MY OWN WHICH DOCUMENTS A 

 FIELD OBSERVATION, THAT MOST HUNTERS PREFER TO HUNT WHERE THERE 

 HAS BEEN LOGGING ACTIVITY. 



THIS STUDY, DEVELOPED FROM DATA FURNISHED BY THE U.S. FOREST 

 SERVICE AND THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME SHOWS THAT MY 

 FIELD OBSERVATIONS ARE CORRECT. OF THE 21 MINOR UNITS THAT HAD 

 1000 OR MORE HUNTER DAYS OF ACTIVITY ONLY FOUR ARE WILDERNESS 

 UNITS AND THREE OF THEM ARE AT THE NORTH END OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND 

 NEXT TO JUNEAU. THE TOP TWO UNITS WITH NEARLY 4000 HUNTER DAYS 

 EACH, ARE TWO OF THE MORE EXTENSIVELY LOGGED AREAS IN SOUTHEAST 



