"Among the Giant Sequoias" by Mark Frasier

The Sequoia National Monument and National Forest continue to be threatened by logging by the U.S. Forest Service. In this 7.5 minute video renound writer and activist Martin Litton explains the history and why this continues

[@3finker]

Mark You have done a great service in behalf of these the tallest and biggest trees on earth, I myself conduct talks in behalf of the ancient trees of Britain (Oak, Ash, Yew etc) to our wildlife organisations, so I understand your concerns and I also know how future generations will despise us if these wonderful trees are not protected for them to enjoy also. God Bless you in your work. George

[@thursday2uk]

My parents just came back from a trip to the Sequoia parks, and the vicinity, and I am now in the middle of translating a book about the parks from English into Russian. Thank you for the video. It's such an interesting documentary.

[@steventhaw3765]

"Any fool can destroy trees!" John Muir

[@maxhole2]

That first part was Awesome !

[@blacklungsjoe]

Arizona Highways just did a spread about Litton in the Nov 2008 issue. Apparentley he's the oldest of Grand Canyon's river runners, but I knew him first as an activist for saving Sequioa trees.

[@jndillaha]

I think that private ownership is the best way to preserve and grow those resources which we cherish as well as have great industrial need for.

[@AlexCab_49]

mike dillaha wouldn't that exacerbate the problem?

[@blacklungsjoe]

i cant believe what Im seeing. I had no idea this was happening.

[@britoca]

what year is this documentary from?

[@concerned1313]

Because of aggressive fire suppression, you need to aggressively log it, period. End fire suppression and then you can end logging. Logging makes the forest more healthy then without. If you want to leave it alone then let the fires burn....

[@cooper9934]

Because the sierra club makes it so difficult to extract a renewable resource such as timber the United States imports wood from Japan, Russia and mainly Candada. In those areas the forests are being destroyed much more rapidly than in the U.S. Wake up and see the indirect consequences of the Sierra Club. High timber costs = higher housing costs Conservation is the key, not preservation of a crop that can be managed in a way to be grown renewably. Wake up.

[@vitalalive69]

We sipmly cannot and do not have the right to destroy that whats been there for centuries. How can we caal ourselves intelligent if we destroy that what takes centuries in the making, where's the RESPECT for life and the ancient !

[@kolat06]

Martin Litton should be ashamed and apologize for his comments on hazard trees. A biologist was killed in that same forest from a hazard tree and a firefighter from a hotshot crew in the park too. Diseased trees can fall anytime and they do not have to be dead, and those clearings are mostly fire scars not clear cuts.

[@lancieannie]

We are importing timber at a low cost from Canada only because of the bark beetle that has killed millions of acres of trees that are currently being salvaged. If you see what climate change is doing to our forests you would be shocked.

[@bradbrad6438]

I hate loggers

[@robertosuarez868]

Yeah it's a magnificent trees It s a wonderfull fores t 😰😮🙄😰

[@MarcusRefusius]

. I drive through it every day. The forest service is doing a better job at Stewardship and it shows. This guy is representing this as if the Giant Sequoias are being logged and that is UNTRUE it is pine & Cedar that is being cut, The Washington Tree, A Giant Sequoia was KILLED by a "prescribed burn" a few years back but he FAILS to Mention that HMMMM