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STATEMENT OF 

 JACK WARD THCWAS, CHIEF 



FOREST SERVICE 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Before the 



Subconoiittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources 



Coomittee on Agriculture 



United States House of Representatives 



(^Toncemino H.R. 2153. Giant S equoia Preservation Act 



March 9, 1994 



MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCC»MITTEE : 



Thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the 

 Department of Agriculture regarding H.R. 2153, the "Giaint 

 Secpioia Preservation Act of 1993." 



Although we are in agreement with msmy of the purposes of 

 H.R. 2153, the Department of Agriculture recommends that this 

 bill not be enacted. Before I explain the reasons for this 

 recommendation, I would like to make a few introductory 

 comments . 



First, let me say that I am honored to deliver my first 

 testimony to this iit5>ortcuit Subcommittee as Chief of the Forest 

 Service. I look forward to developing an effective working 

 relationship to address the issues which concern us. 

 I wamt to share my core values which affect how I approach my 

 new job. I share a land ethic put forward by an early Forest 

 Service en^loyee nauned Aldo Leopold, and I quote, "A thing is 

 right when it tends to preserve the integrity, steibility, emd 



