The referenced legislation would allow the Sealaska Corporation to select several of the old-growth reserves in southern Southeast Alaska and the corporation's representatives have stated that they intend to log the-lands selected for economic development.
Murkowski discusses the potential logging impact of legislation on old-growth reserves.
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