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 AS AN ALASKAN AND A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. I DQN- ^T U I 'JDCROT i a i HD 



HOW SUCH A IMPORTANT DECISION CAN BE MADE BY PEOPLE 3,00 MILES AWAY 



FROM THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST. PEOPLE WHOSE PRIMARY CONCERN SHOULD 



ZE WITH THEIR OWN STATES, ARE MAKING BILL PROPOSALS AND CONSEQUENTLY 



ARE MAKING DECISIONS. WHO HAVE NE^JER SEEN THIS STATE OR PERHAPS HA^E 



ONLY MADE A SHORT PLEASURE ^ISIT. PEOPLE SUCH AS YOU SENATOR WIRTH OR 



CONGRESSMAN MRAZEK. YOU ARE t^KING A DECISION FOR ME ABOUT MY DESTINY 



AND THE DESTINY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TONGASS. FOR THIS REASON I HAk^E 



GATHERED MY COURAGE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND SPEAK OF THE THINGS THAT 



ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME . 



;^SENATOR WIRTH'S BILL ^34^ 



y'^ SENATOR WIRTH'S BILL -'J'T(^ ADDS 23 MORE AREAS TO THE 5.4 MILLION 

 ACRES ALREADY ESTABLISHED AS WILDERNESS. TO THIS I AM OPPOSED. 

 ALREADY TO MANY VALUABLE RESOURCES HA^^E BEEN LOCKED UP. THIS HAS 

 DRASTICALLY REDUCED THE MULTIPLE USES OF THE LAND IN THE TONGASS. 

 ADDITIONAL LAND ALLOCATIONS SHOULD NOT BE MADE BEFORE THE FOREST 

 SER^^ICE TONGASS LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN REiv'lEW IS DONE. AT LEAST WAIT 

 AND SEE WHAT THE FOREST SERVICE PROPOSALS ARE. WITHOUT TRYING TO 

 INFLUENCE THOSE PROPOSALS BY LEGISLATION BEFORE THEY ARE MADE. 



