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Growing tourism and fishery industries

Four years ago, the Forest Service pledged to change the way the Tongass’ abundant natural resources are managed, shifting the emphasis toward harvesting younger trees and supporting the growing tourism and fishery industries, which depend on the 17 million-acre expanse.

But the study by Headwaters Economics, a Bozeman, Mont.-based research firm, argues that the federal government’s good intentions — the so-called Transition Framework — have not come to pass.

Researchers filed Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain Forest Service budget and staffing information from 2009 to 2013. Basing their analysis on that data, they say the agency still spends the largest percentage of its resources to prop up the shrinking timber industry, instead of investing in areas that are creating more jobs every year.

“The numbers speak for themselves,” said Ben Alexander, the report’s chief author. “The budget and staffing allocations show that old-growth logging is still the Forest Service’s top priority on the Tongass National Forest.

“Focusing so heavily on timber, which is a minor source of employment, while neglecting opportunities in other more important economic sectors,” Alexander said, “is a huge loss to the regional economy.”

Robert Bonnie, undersecretary for natural resources and environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said the Headwaters analysis missed a key point. The Forest Service is part of the USDA, and federal law dictates much of the department’s spending.
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