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5. Invest in maintaining the health of the forest . The money spent in 

 below- cost timber sales should be spent to care for the hundreds of acres 

 of clear-cuts and tree plantations which are struggling to grow back. 

 This will provide jobs in the community and in the forest service for 

 years to come, offsetting the loss of timber-related jobs. 



6 . Encourage the community and Tulare County officials to emphasize 

 recreation . The ever-growing recreation economy will replace the timber 

 economy. The monies derived from timber sales will end, but other monies 

 can and will replace the loss. The monies from timber sales will be 

 ending anyway due to the over-cutting of the timber in the forest. 



Our community, the county, and the nation will benefit in the long run 

 through protection provided by the Giant Sequoia Preservation Act. We 

 must act now to protect these public lands from the overwhelming pressure 

 of logging interests . 



Respectfully, 



Gay Ver Steeg 



