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Sequoia National Monument

Dear Friends of the Forest,

Congressman Devin Nunes of California's 21st District has introduced legislation (HR 5760) that would allow expired timber sales to be implemented in the Sequoia National Monument.  The bill is intended to nullify a 2005 court decisions that halted grandfathered timber sales in a lawsuit by John Muir Project, Sequoia ForestKeeper, and Sierra Club regarding our concerns over the Forest Service's management plan for the Giant Sequoia National Monument.

The bill, if passed, will allow loggers to cut down the trees we have worked so hard to protect.

The bill states that "Effective upon the date of the enactment of this Act, implementation of the timber sales described in subsection (a) may proceed immediately and to completion, notwithstanding any previous or future amendments or revisions to the Sequoia Land and Resource Management Plan or the Giant Sequoia National Monument Management Plan."

HR 5760, which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture as well as the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.  A hearing on the bill will occur in the House Forest and Forest Health Sub Committee of the Resources Committee as early as this Thursday, July 27.  We are asking that you please call your representatives TODAY and ask them to oppose the Giant Sequoia National Monument Transition Act of 2006 (HR 5760).

You can reach your representative by calling the capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and telling them your zip code.

Thank you.  For more information about the monument and other things you can do to help CLICK HERE.