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1 ecologically significant unprotected forests will be de- 



2 stroyed within 7 to 8 years. 



3 (12) Removal of timber from the Sequoia Na- 



4 tional Forest is done at a net loss to the United 



5 States Treasury of more than $8,000,000 annually, 



6 over and above the amounts appropriated annually 



7 by the Congress for the administration and oper- 



8 ation of the Forest. 



9 (13) Direct and indirect employment afforded 



10 as part of the logging in the Sequoia and Sierra Na- 



1 1 tional Forests will decline with reduction of the vol- 



12 ume of native forest and with compliance with envi- 



13 ronmental laws. Workers paid by private interests 



14 for felling, hauling, and milling trees withm the 



15 boundaries of the Preserve estabUshed by this Act 



16 are subsidized by United States taxpayers. 



17 (14) At current and prospective rates of logging 



18 under the United States Forest Service's present 



19 "Sequoia National Forest Plan", the forest is being 



20 removed at more than double the sustainable rate. 



21 (15) United States Forest Service figures show 



22 the recreational value of the Sequoia National For- 



23 est to be more than 6 times that of timber extrac- 



24 tion, yet recreational values, and the opportunities 



25 for gainful employment associated therewith, are se- 



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