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HAMDT 132 (101st)

An amendment in the nature of a substitute to repeal the $40 million permanent appropriation for Tongass timber operations; to direct USDA to renogotiate (not terminate) the 50 year contracts with the Ketchikan Pulp and Paper Company and the Alaska Lumber and Pulp Corporation, Inc.; to establish 23 additional wilderness areas covering approximately 1.8 million acres; to establish a Tongass timber harvesting ceiling of 4.5 billion board feet per decade effective in 1990; to establish a 100 foot wide non-logging zone around anadromous fish streams (not including tributaries); and, to prohibit the connection of the city of Tenakee Springs on the logging road system on Chichagof Island and the connection of Indian River and Game Creek roads.