I heard this winter on KHNS that Haines is getting ready to log 800 acres in the Porcupine area. I understand the price of these trees is $250,000. The same price we paid for the outhouse at the dock. I know that the powers that be cannot be stopped from this action, (probably), but if you want to see a small example of the results just go up the Sunshine Road and look at the clear-cuts up there. They were logged a quarter century ago. Almost no conifers are usable, only brush three stories high. I challenge anyone to tell me this is a success.
I would like to see old seed trees left standing so that the forest can come back someday. A sufficient amount of old growth trees would be required. I would like to see your children and their grandchildren use these resources into the next century.
Let’s manage these lands for our future, not rape them for our present.
Anney Shuder