Don’t let Congress sneak through bad legislation as our congressional representatives return from recess for “lame duck” action to close out the current session. Call your senators before Dec. 18 and tell them:
“Oppose the Save Our Sequoias Act, S. 4103.”
Call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121, ask for your senators’ offices, and tell them to protect the giant sequoias and the laws that protect them. Congress returns this month with weeks to finish its work before the newly elected members are seated to begin a new session in January.
This is when bad bills are pushed through, and this bad legislation has already been passed by the House.
The bill declares a seven-year “emergency” across Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks and Giant Sequoia National Monument. It exempts tree-cutting projects of up to 2,000 acres from full environmental analysis. There is no limit on the size, age, or species of trees removed. Sequoias need ecologically sound stewardship, not fast-tracked cutting.
