. Admiralty Island interim guidelines. . Oliver Inlet, background- MANAGEMENT AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND Admiralty Island has been under Forest Service management for nearly three-quarters of a century. During this time, the evolution of management philosophy has paralleled and been influenced by emerging public interest in the significant resource values of Admiralty Island. Those who have witnessed or participated in the nationwide public decision-making process which led to Congressional designation of this Monument Wilderness may find a brief history of Admiralty managemen
. Admiralty Island interim guidelines. . Oliver Inlet, background- MANAGEMENT AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND Admiralty Island has been under Forest Service management for nearly three-quarters of a century. During this time, the evolution of management philosophy has paralleled and been influenced by emerging public interest in the significant resource values of Admiralty Island. Those who have witnessed or participated in the nationwide public decision-making process which led to Congressional designation of this Monument Wilderness may find a brief history of Admiralty management instructive. Admiralty Island became a public forest early. When the island was established as National Forest land, in 1909, the Tongass National Forest was only two years old. The Forest Service itself had been in existence for only four years. Prior to 1909, interest in Admiralty by non-Natives had focused on the island's commercial resources. Development was unrestricted. Fish canneries, trap lines, and small mining operations were scattered over the island. The highgrading of large old growth spruce for lumber to support these activities was a common practice, particularly along the western coastline. EARLY CONTROVERSY The Forest Service soon established a regulatory system for many of these activities, and with this management stimulated public debate on issues which have continued to be controversial to the present. Some interest groups objected to the regulatory permit system initiated by the Forest Service, arguing that local lifestyles were unnecessarily interfered with. Others objected to the harvest of commercial saw timber allowed by the agency under special use permits; they argued that the harvest only benefited "millionaire lumber trusts of Puget Sound," and were answered by those who saw important benefits for local employment in this development. 10. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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