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STATEMENT OF GORDON ROBINSON (41 5) 435-0582 



Supporting The Giant Sequoia Preservation Act of 1993 (H.R. 2153) 



on behalf of Sequoia Alliance- January 19, 1994 



was a minor response to protest, a few trees were spared. 

 Obviously SMZ is a farce. It is not enough merely to keep 

 bulldozers from wallowing in streambeds. According to the 

 glossary in the Draft 1988 Plan SMZ is "An area of land 

 extending beyond the riparian area commonly managed with 

 caution as a buffer to protect riparian areas and water quality". 

 Where timber is totally or mostly removed from these areas, as 

 I witnessed, the water is warmed and sedimentation is 

 increased thus damaging both water quality and fish habitat. 

 Cover for wildlife is lost. Habitat for hole nesting species is 

 destroyed. Preservation of the gene pool and of visual quality 

 are ignored and those values lost. 



G. Planting appears to be almost exclusively of Pine, 

 whether the site was formerly stocked with pure fir, mixed 

 conifer or predominantly pine. At any rate, the surviving 

 seedlings are nearly all pine, even where an attempt is made to 

 plant a mixture of pine and fir. 



K Commonly regeneration is successful near the 

 edges of clearcuts, but sparse in the center. This indicates that 

 the clearcuts are too large. 



I. The campground and the trail beside Taylor creek 

 leading to Dome Wilderness has been logged, and all the 

 commercial sized trees have been cut. This has greatly 

 diminished the quality of the trail, caused horrendous erosion of 

 Taylor Creek, and ruined the campground. It is a terrible 

 mistake to remove the trees along the trail, which used to cast 

 their shade on hikers and provide natural beauty for those 

 enjoying the forest. This is difficult to understand in view of the 

 previous disaster at Last Chance Meadow. There a similar huge 

 washout was caused by clearcutting to the edge of the creek 

 some time ago. While an excellent restoration was 

 accomplished there, it was obviously a very expensive 



