Amendment101st Congress
Amendment added language requiring a buffer zone of 100 feet on both sides of all anadromous streams and their tributaries in the Tongass National Forest except those which did not have resident fish populations and did not flow year round, or those with a flow not great enough to directly affect downstream fish habitat.
- Amendment Number
- 137
- Description
- Amendment added language requiring a buffer zone of 100 feet on both sides of all anadromous streams and their tributaries in the Tongass National Forest except those which did not have resident fish populations and did not flow year round, or those with a flow not great enough to directly affect downstream fish habitat.
- Purpose
- An amendment to assure protection of riparian habitats by directing the Secretary of Agriculture to maintain a buffer zone of a minimum of 100 feet within which logging operations would be prohibited on each side of all anadromous fish streams and their tributaries in the Tongass National Forest, except those tributaries with no resident fish populations and which are intermittent in flow, or have flow of inadequate magnitude to directly influence downstream fish habitats.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jul 13, 1989
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Jontz amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 14:34:43
- Submitted Date
- Jul 13, 1989
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 10, 2021