Editors note: In this article Rich mentions Alan Carlton, chair of the California/Nevada Regional Conservation Committee (CNRCC) organizing a listing of Sierra Club forest policy. The policy was actually retrieved from the National Sierra Club website and re-posed to the CNRCC mailing list.  You can review the "Forest Management in the United States" policy at http://sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/forest.aspx. Additional Sierra Club policies are available at http://sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/.

Tehipite Chapter boundaries surround the Sierra National Forest, the Hume Lake Ranger District portion of the Sequoia National Forest and the northern part of the Giant Sequoia National Monument (GSNM). It is an enormous job for environmental activists to watch over that much land. But a handful of Tehipite Chapter activists are currently engaged, as is the national Sierra Club’s Resilient Habitats Campaign. With U. S. Forest Service planning changes afoot, we will need more activists, Sierra Club staff members, and more funds to commit. Tehipite Chapter is already contracting with an attorney to provide expertise on GSNM matters.

Richard E. Kangas
Tehipite Chapter, Sierra Club

January 27, 2012

Responsible Official
Scott Armentrout
Sierra National Forest Supervisor
1600 Tollhouse Road
Clovis, CA 93611

RE:  Greys Mountain Ecological Restoration Project-- Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comments

Dear Mr. Armentrout:

Thank you for inviting the Tehipite Chapter, Sierra Club to write comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Greys Mountain Ecological Restoration Project (GMERP or Project).  There is only one Sierra Club, so these comments give standing to any entity of the Sierra Club.  As such Tehipite Chapter submits these comments separate from and in addition to any other Sierra Club comments.

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