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of western communities. This rapidly expanding national organization is committed to the 

 support of multiple use of our public lands. I have a proclamation in opposition to HR2153 

 to enter into record, signed by Dianna Taylor, President of the Tulare/Kings chapter of the 

 People For The West, the largest chapter in California. 



I have discussed HR2153 with many of the local residents of the Camp Nelson area. 

 These are people who have enjoyed the beauty of the Sequoia National Forest for many 

 years and still enjoy it today as a beautiful forest, not as a "desolate desert" as some would 

 lead you to believe. 



We discussed the purpose of HR2153, which supposedly is to save the Giant Sequoia 

 Redwoods. This is a fine cause. But why do we need such a bill when the Redwoods are 

 ah-eady protected by Presidential Proclamation signed by President Bush on July 14, 1992 

 and also the signed Mediated Agreement of 1990. This Mediated Agreement came from 

 appeals to the Sequoia National Forest Land Management Plan when it was adopted on 

 February 25, 1988. 



We local residents have also talked about the vagueness of the bill, such as "restoring 

 the entire forest ecosystem within the boundaries of the preserve to a natural state". My 

 question is , what will happen to the roads, trails, camp grounds and cabins on Forest 

 Service lease land"? What will happen to the summer home lease cabins within the Belknap 

 Sequoia Redwood grove? What will h^pen to the very popular Belknap Campground that 



