You are aware that no one is stopping Ketchikan residents and business interests from making a deal to purchase the standing trees and lease the property.  The way that I read this is that the tourist industry and it beneficiaries want something for nothing and they want the federal government to provide it for them.  The folks in Ketchikan should do the right thing and lease/rent the acreage they want to preserve.  The folks in Ketchikan should stop pointing fingers at the rightful land owner owner, MHT, and make an offer to secure the land for what they believe is the best utilization.