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ll.r :'787 Ul.'U W ~'.;':~i But in carrying such appeals to Congress, I would hope that the various interest groups would strive to present broadly balanced and well-reasoned arguments. For example, proponents of wilderness sometimes a ear to be more concerne a out 0 talnlng the maximum size than they are about the true wilderness Quality of an area. At the same time, some timber interests are more cancer ith total a owable cut reductions than with actual use of the timber en the DroDosed area. MlnmR. inlereCj,t~ c;.e~m of the oDinion that nothin should ever inin anyw ere even if the Dotential of the survev is minimal. . J . . ~"~ ',.,i1 ,,' Most of the 1175 Forest Service road less areas not ~Iected for wilderness study - and perhaps many of the BLM tracts yet to be inventoried - will be better suited for other uses. Our goal should be to see that endanl!ered and deserving: are-;lC mnv,. mnre Ci.wiftlv into wilderness designa- tion and, equally important, that areas better suited f~r resource develo ment are scheduled for such use with all aell erate soeed. thus reducinll the uncertainty now facing our resource.deoendent industries. .1"" -'i . " Wilderness Related to Better Use of Other Lands :!. .' ' It is not possible to resolve wilderness issues in a vacuum. For example, a relatively small amount of the nation's timber supply is tied up in potential wilderness. A loss of this timber to wilderness could be made up easily through more intensive management of our working forests. Beller methods of reforestation, thinning, fertilization, control of fire, insects and disease, and improvements in the genetic makeup of seedlings could all help boost the annual harvest, as could improved timber utilization, logging methods and planning. Elsewhere, incentive programs might spur fiber production on small, privately owned woodlots. Wilderness advocates should - and they often do - recognize 9