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lies within a Giant Sequoia Redwood grove? The summer home tract and campground have 

 been enjoyed for generations by forest recreation families. Will these facilities be allowed 

 to exist or will they be removed and the land returned to a "natural state"? 



How will the nine member Giant Sequoia Scientific Advisory Board manage these 

 442,000 acres? WUl eight Scientists and one layperson from an unknown background, look 

 after the inholders' interest within the proposed preserve? Will the communities that use 

 surface water be able to continue doing so or will these water sources be taken to fulfill the 

 purposes of this Act? Camp Nelson Water Company users could be without a water supply 

 if they lost their source. Will the mountain homeowners be left without water? How will 

 the Board treat the many existing special use permits for roads, driveways, water lines, power 

 lines and cabins? 



With the memories of the Southern California fires this past year still fresh in our 

 minds, the fire danger is another great concern. As a land owner in the Sequoia National 

 Forest I have grave concerns about the elimination of fire control activities in the proposed 

 preserve. I am also concerned about protecting my property if increased fuel loads are 

 aUowed on 400,000 acres of National forest Catastrophic wildfires will surely be a major 

 problem. 



The Forest Service has contracted three helicopter timber sales in the past four years 

 to remove insect killed trees in the Camp Nelson area. This area still looks as bad today 



