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SENATOR WIRTH WANTS TO ELIMINATE A GUARANTEED 4.5 BILLION BOARD FEET 

 TIMBER HARVEST PER DECADE. I AM OPPOSED TO THIS. EVEN I CAN 

 UNDERSTAND THAT THE TIMBER INDUSTRY NEEDS AS ASSURED ALLOWABLE SALE 

 QUANTITY. TONGASS LEGISLATION AND THE FOREST SER<JICE SHOULD CONTINUE 

 TO RETAIN A SUFFICIENT COMMERCIAL 'fsW)GSE^MH& TIMBER BASE TO MAKE 

 AVAILABLE AN ALLOWABLE SALE QUANTITY OF 4.5 BILLION BOARD FEET PER 

 DECADE TO MEET THE TIMBER INDUSTRY NEEDS BASED UPON MARKET DEMAND, 

 INDUSTRY CAPACITY AND ECONOMICS. 



SENATOR WIRTH' S BILL WOULD ELIMINATE THE LONG TERM CONTRACTS. TO THIS 

 I AM OPPOSED. LONG TERM CONTRACTS WERE CREATED BETWEEN CONGRESS AND 

 THE TWO PULP COMPANIES. THESE CONTRACTS SHOULD BE HONORED. THEY 

 TRUSTED CONGRESS TO UPHOLD THESE CONTRACTS AND THEY BUILT THEIR 

 PULPMILLS HEREy BECAUSE OF THESE CONTRACTS. IT IS NOT RIGHT TO RENIG 



IS WHAT 



ON A DEAL THAT WAS MADE IN GOOD FAITH. IT \jieS, MOST PEOPLE WOULD CALL 

 BAD BUSINESS. YOUR NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTS WITH THE MILLS. 

 YOUR TALKING ABOUT WHOLE COMMUNITIES. YOUR TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE. 

 YOUR TALKING ABOUT ME. 



