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Tree logging firms blocked environmental laws
24 August 2006: U.S District Judge Charles Breyer was not in favor of allowing commercial logging inside the Giant Sequoia National Monument as planned by the Bush administration. Citing the violation of environmental laws, the federal judge’s ruling brought cheers to environmental groups that had sued the U.S Forest Service for planning to manage the preserve which is 328,000 acres.
The Sequoia which is one of the largest trees in the world makes up two-thirds of the world’s sequoia population right here in the national monument. In September 2005, Judge Breyer had actually already issued a preliminary injunction to stop the logging at the national monument which was allowed by the Clinton administration in 2000.
Several conservation groups including the Sierra Club had filed for a lawsuit last year claiming that the management plan for the Southern Sierra Nevada range reserve was cleverly planned in to satisfy timber needs by citing wildfire protection. The Forest Service however was quick to defend themselves by claiming the trees were indeed meant for wildfire prevention.
Bruce Hamilton the conservation director of the Sierra Club mentioned that the ruling would be a an important factor in getting the current management transferred to the Sequoia National Park where it would be given the kind of treatment that it deserves.
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