050307-A.EXLINE Logger Point Fuelbreak WUI Project comment–

Sequoia ForestKeeper California non-profit 501(c)(3) Corporation P.O. Box 2134, Kernville, CA 93238 (760) 376-4434 www.sequoiaforestkeeper.org 7 March 2005 JOHN D. EXL1NE, District Ranger Marianne Emmendorfer, District Planner, U.S. Forest Service (559) 338-2251 Sequoia National Forest Hume Lake Ranger District 35860 East Kings Canyon Road Dunlap, CA 93621 RE: File Code: 1950/5150 Logger Point Fuelbreak WUI Project Dear Mr. Exline; Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Logger Point Fuelbreak WUI Project. On February 4, 2005, you announced the Logger Point Fuelbreak WUI Project, which outlined a number of issues that are being considered for implementation in the Giant Sequoia National Monument based on the guidelines as described in the 2001 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment (2001 SNFPA), which amended the 1988 Sequoia National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. We support projects that would protect the health and safety of the residents in forest communities. We support projects that protect communities by thinning the trees in the 200 foot-wide areas immediately surrounding structures. As set forth below, we oppose the Logger Point Fuelbreak WUI Project on a number of bases and suggest that the project be postponed or severely narrowed. The information provided in the Logger Point Fuelbreak WUI Project scoping letter is inadequate and insufficient for a proper and thorough ...