Fire Threatens Giant Sequoias

Giant Sequoias, some up to 1500 years old, are threatened by a forest fire. The debate over how to care for them rages.

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July 25, 2002, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"Anti-logging activists and forestry officials have clashed over how best to take care of the sequoias. Environmentalists have blocked efforts to thin underbrush in the forest, calling it a front for logging.But forest officials warn that simply letting the forest grow without check makes the trees easy prey for the very kind of fire currently raging."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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