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Lisa Murkowski: “What I'm still struggling with is the reality that under this proposal even if Sealaska were able to harvest the full…”

On the recordMay 24, 2011
What I'm still struggling with is the reality that under this proposal even if Sealaska were able to harvest the full 80,000 acres that we are talking about, which again, we concede we are not because we're taking off the table a fair amount of acreage due to the future site and the sacred sites. Again, it still leaves the Forest Service with 91 percent, 91 percent of the older, second growth.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski questions the adequacy of timber available under the proposal for Sealaska.

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