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| The Wishbone Tree, Black Mountain Grove Giant Sequoia National Monument, California. October 3, 2011 Photo by Derek Kendzor CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Mountain_Sequoia_Grove_The_Wishbone_Tree.jpg |
National Monuments in Danger
We are down to the final days of the comment period! Please, take the time today to comment on the fate of this national monument, any of the other 27 monuments on the Interior Department's list, or on the fate of all of them.
To comment on the monument review process (due July 10, 2017):
Unfortunately, life doesn't always make time for passion project, and as the deadline for comments on the 27 National Monuments in Danger creeps to within hours, I am still scrambling to finish my first posts on the monuments.
This is the second to the last of the 22 "land" monuments for me to do a first post on, and I've written the text of a long post on Ironwood Forest National Monument, so I will at least get those done in time!
I probably was in this monument once in my life, long before it was a monument, while visiting Sequoia National Park as a kid, but that was a very long time ago. I remember the trees in the park, and this monument was created to protect vital groves that were left beyond the boundaries of the park, but are still worthy of protection.
In this day and age, there really is no reason to cut down a tree that is thousands of years old. I am not sure that anyone is really interested in harvesting these trees at this point, anyway, but that doesn't mean that they should be left unprotected, and these forests need to be managed properly for them to survive.
As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, "Supporters of the monument say the designation has been critical for conservation of the giant sequoias, a species limited to a narrow 250-mile belt on the western flanks of the Sierra Nevada."
Giant Sequoia National Monument (as of June 2017) - PDF
Giant Sequoia National Monument (as of June 2017) - PDF
To comment on the monument review process (due July 10, 2017):
To comment on the monument review process (due July 10, 2017):
Links
Rubble - National Monuments in Danger:
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Facebook
USFS:
Official Website
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Sequoia_National_Monument
Giant Sequoia National Monument Association:
Website
http://www.gsnma.org/
Presidential Proclamation -- Giant Sequoia National Monument
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=62321
Links
Rubble - National Monuments in Danger:
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Facebook
USFS:
Official Website
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Sequoia_National_Monument
Giant Sequoia National Monument Association:
Website
http://www.gsnma.org/
Presidential Proclamation -- Giant Sequoia National Monument
Giant Sequoia National Monument Association:
Website
http://www.gsnma.org/
Presidential Proclamation -- Giant Sequoia National Monument
San Francisco Chronicle:
There’s no support to shrink Giant Sequoia National Monument
In a slice of state, Trump’s challenge to monuments wins favor
San Francisco Chronicle:
There’s no support to shrink Giant Sequoia National Monument
In a slice of state, Trump’s challenge to monuments wins favor
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