00SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 32                                                                                        
01 Relating to a proposed moratorium on the building of roads in the roadless areas                                        
02 of national forests.                                                                                                    
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04  WHEREAS it has been reported that the Clinton Administration is proposing a                                          
05 moratorium on the building of roads in the roadless areas of national forests; and                                      
06  WHEREAS this proposed road-building moratorium would be instituted on a national                                     
07 level without consideration of local interests, local concerns, and the unique character of each                        
08 national forest; and                                                                                                    
09  WHEREAS the recently completed land management plan for the Tongass National                                         
10 Forest examines issues relating to the need for and effects of various activities on the Tongass                        
11 National Forest, including road construction; and                                                                       
12  WHEREAS a land management plan that examines and guides activity on the forest,                                      
13 including road building, is periodically completed for each national forest; and                                        
14  WHEREAS these national forest land management plans provide an individualized                                        

01 review of activities on the national forests, including road building, after extensive                                  
02 opportunities for public comment;                                                                                       
03  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature opposes a moratorium on the                                         
04 building of roads in the roadless areas of national forests that is imposed on a national level                         
05 without the use of the existing forest land management plan process, including public                                   
06 comment, and without an individualized review of the effects of the moratorium on each                                  
07 national forest.                                                                                                        
08  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                              
09 United States; the Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and President                            
10 of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; and to the                                    
11 Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the                                         
12 Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.