Conditions Governing Access
Accruals
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Alternate Forms Available
Arrangement
Biography
Preferred Citation
System of Arrangement
Processing Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Publication Rights
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Alan Stein papers
creator:
Stein, Alan
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2018/199
Physical Description:
4.6 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1955-1994
Abstract: The Alan Stein papers documents the work the Point Baker and Salmon Bay Protective Associations did to protest clearcut logging
and lobby for buffer strip legislation in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska. The collection
contains materials related to two significant lawsuits pertaining to clearcutting: the Point Baker Association’s logging lawsuit
(Zieske v. Butz), and the Salmon Bay Protective Association’s lawsuit and Environmental Impact Study Appeal (Stein v. Barton).
The collection also includes the Point Baker Association’s forestry lobby legislation file for the National Forest Management
Act of 1976 and the Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990. These papers were collected by one of the lead plantiffs, Alan Stein.
According to Stein, these records document local Alaskan bush communities’ efforts to protect salmon streams essential to
their economy and way of life.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Alan Stein papers were given to The Bancroft Library in 2018 by Alan Stein. The collection was deaccessioned from, and
received via, the Alaska State Library.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Arrangement
Original order was maintained, as were original folder titles and numbering. Stein sorted and organized the papers and provided
explanatory materials and chronologies re: both lawsuits (this can be found in Box 1, folder A). The papers were housed according
to Stein's instructions, and notes were not checked for accuracy by the archivists. Materials regarding the Point Baker Association
logging suit (Zieske v. Butz) and forestry legislation lobby files are in Boxes 1-3, and Box 4, folders 41-42. Materials regarding
the lawsuit Stein v. Barton (Salmon Bay Protective Association) are in Boxes 4-9.
Biography
Alan Stein, a fisherman, homesteader, and activist in Port Protection, Alaska, founded the Point Baker Association in 1973.
This group of local citizens joined to protest clearcut logging near Point Baker. The Association initiated a federal lawsuit
in December 1975, Zieske v Butz, which stopped clearcut logging near Point Baker and threatened all logging on the West Coast.
Zieske (1975) spurred Congress into Passing the NFMA (National Forest Management Act, 1976) and Stein (1990) spurred Congress
to pass the buffer strip provisions contained in the TTRA (1991). In both cases, Stein lobbied Congress extensively. In 1989,
Stein organized a group of commercial fisherman into the Salmon Bay Protective Association (SBPA). They challenged the U.S.
Forest Service Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision as they affected commercial clearcut logging of trees
along approximately 1,800 salmon streams in the Tongass National Forest, as well as plans to clearcut in the watershed of
Prince of Wales Island, Salmon Bay. The SBPA won a U.S. District Court order prohibiting logging along Class I and II streams
and succeeded in persuading the U.S. Congress and Alaska State legislature to pass 100 foot buffer strip streams in the Tongass
National Forest.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alan Stein papers, BANC MSS 2018/199,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level
Processing Information
Processed by Phyllis DeMuth and Marilyn Kwock at the Alaska State Library, 1986-1995 (formerly MS 093)
Updated by Marjorie Bryer at The Bancroft Library, in 2018
Scope and Content of Collection
The Alan Stein papers document the work the Point Baker and Salmon Bay Protective Associations did to protest clearcut logging
and lobby for buffer strip legislation in the Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska. The collection
contains materials related to two significant lawsuits pertaining to clearcutting: the Point Baker Association’s logging lawsuit
(Zieske v. Butz), and the Salmon Bay Protective Association’s lawsuit and Environmental Impact Study Appeal (Stein v. Barton).
The collection also includes the Point Baker Association’s forestry lobby legislation file. These papers were collected by
fisherman Alan Stein, who was also one of the lead plantiffs. According to Stein, these records document local Alaskan bush
communities’ efforts to protect salmon streams essential to their economy and way of life.
Materials in the collection include correspondence; legal documents; legislation and lobbying materials; materials re: buffer
strips on streams; newspaper clippings; position papers on salmon stream protective measures; resolutions passed by the United
Fishermen of Alaska, the Alaska State Legislature, and conservation groups; state and federal agency memos; Stein’s testimony
before the U.S. Senate and House committee of Agriculture, and his diaries and notes.
Publication Rights
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States. -- Forest Service. -- Alaska Region
Clearcutting -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska.
Fishery management -- Alaska.
Lumbering -- Alaska -- Prince of Wales Island.
Forestry law and legislation--United States
Water -- Pollution -- Alaska.
Tongass National Forest (Alaska) -- Management.
Stein, Alan