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TELL THE FOREST SERVICE TO CONSERVE--NOT CUT DOWN--
GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONUMENT
There has never been a more urgent time to take
action on behalf of Giant Sequoia National
Monument. On January 16, the Forest Service released
for public review the Giant Sequoia National
Monument Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
and Record of Decision (ROD), which determines the management direction the Forest Service will take
in the Monument. Rather than fulfill the Monument's purpose of protecting ancient sequoia groves, the plan calls for unnecessary and destructive logging of this national treasure.
Under the guise of "fire management," the Forest
Service's plan calls for the logging of trees up to
30" in diameter, including century-old, fire
resistant giant sequoias. At the same time, the plan
fails to consider the removal of the most flammable material in the forest--brush, lower branches, and
small diameter trees. This disastrous proposal
threatens the great beauty of the monument, wastes
taxpayer money, and imperils threatened species
such as the rare Pacific fisher.
Please write the Forest Service and let them know
that:
- You don't want almost $14 million of American tax
money to be used to conduct logging projects in the
Giant Sequoia National Monument.
- The protective intent of the Presidential
Proclamation of April, 2000, should be followed in
managing the Monument.
- The Pacific fisher, an at-risk species, should be protected by disallowing any management activities
to take place in their habitat areas.
- The Monument should not be managed through logging
of large trees up to 30" in diameter, but instead
through responsible thinning of brush, lower
branches, and small diameter trees to reduce the
risk of catastrophic wildfire.
*TAKE ACTION -- SUBMIT COMMENTS TO THE U.S. FOREST
SERVICE*
Send comments to: Regional Forester
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Region
1323 Club Drive
Vallejo, CA 94592
For more information and a sample letter, please visit www.sequoiaforestkeeper.org
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