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TULE RIVER CONSERVnNCY 209 342 2 196 



TULB RIVKR CONSRRVANCT 

 Sequoia Nat ' 1 . ForasC 



P. 0. BOX 723 

 PORTBRVILLB, CA 93258 



2/28/94 



Tulo Rircr Conscr»«ncy (TRC) is ■ grassrooc, non-profit corpor»lj«n 

 comprised of 200'*' members and five Board members. TRC members are 

 residents and/or property owners in the Sequoia National Forest (SNF). 

 These same members have joined TRC because they are angered at the abusive 

 timber practices in SNF. They are dismayed by the clearcuts, the 

 plantation failures, the poor reforestation attempts, the cumulative 

 watershed damage, lack, of legislative protection of the magnificent Giant 

 Sequoia groves and their ecosystems, and the general unhealthy condition of 

 the forest. 



Due to the unhealthy nature of SNF, TRC created workshops Co train citizens 

 to become stewards of the forest. TRC was aided by professional foresters 

 from the Public Forestry Foundation, whose leader is Roy Keene . Over 250 

 people have been trained in our workshops. Training consisted of educating 

 citizens about the health of the forest, identifying flora and fauna, 

 learning to monitor the health of pine plantations, and identifying 

 successful and unsuccessful reforestation areas- 

 Through the efforts of our monitors, scientific experts, and registered 

 professional foresters who have studied SNF (such as Or. Kathias Kondoff, 

 Dr. Robert Hrubes, Roy Keene, James Depree.). it has been concluded that 

 the overall reforestation attempts have failed on the forest. 



BMP occupies the southern end of Che Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. The 

 entire Sierra is a unique and fragile ecosystem, but the southern tip, 

 which tapers off into the Mohave Desert, is particularly sensitive due to 



