. Further definition of policy is needed to reflect the uses that were intended to be permitted on the million acres of National Forest land in Alaska on which the Department filed application for withdrawal under provisions of Sec. 204(b) of FLPI'lA. /umouncenients made concerning this v;cre more general than specific in content. As a result, resource management decisions in the withdrawal areas have been delayed. There- fore, we recommend the polis-_y expressed in the enclosed paper be adopted for interim managemervt direction for the v;ithdrawal areas. The policy is based upon the Noti
. Further definition of policy is needed to reflect the uses that were intended to be permitted on the million acres of National Forest land in Alaska on which the Department filed application for withdrawal under provisions of Sec. 204(b) of FLPI'lA. /umouncenients made concerning this v;cre more general than specific in content. As a result, resource management decisions in the withdrawal areas have been delayed. There- fore, we recommend the polis-_y expressed in the enclosed paper be adopted for interim managemervt direction for the v;ithdrawal areas. The policy is based upon the Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and other key : The Notice of Proposed drav;al of Lands, signed 1, 1978, and published December 5, 1978, segregates the land from the operation of the public land lav.^s including location and entry under the general mining laws, and selection, location, and entry under Sec. 6 of the Alaska Statehood Act, subject to valid existing rights. It was announced in the News bulletin, December 19, 1978, that tlie Department of Agriculture liad asked that the 11 million acres be protected by v.'ithdrawa 1 from any nev? mining claims, mineral leasing, or state and private land selections. It was emphasized that valid existing rights, such as valid mining claims and prior State and Native land selections, would be honored. Also that sport hunting, fishing, boating, camping, cabin use, and air access in the areas were to continue vjliere established. In Remarks of Rupci't Cutler on Alaska nt White Fiousc Briefing, Friday, Doccmbor 1, 1978, it states that "In order to protect these areas, and other areas the Fiouse and Senate v;ere considering for wilderness, Secretary Bergland has requested Secretary Andrus to v:itlidrav.' approximately million acres of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests from mineral entry and^ other developments for 2 years, so that the 96th Congress could consider the ; This se
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