E336 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 16, 2000 well-established relationship with the home- I would like to introduce a letter into the tion of this letter are supported and ex- less, and that is where their energies will be RECORD from Dr. Douglas Piirto, a Professor panded upon by the information that is pre- focusedÐcounting those hardest-to-count indi- of Forestry and Natural Resource Manage- sented in the sections which follow it. Please refer to the figure attached at the viduals, the wandering homeless who all too ment at Cal Poly, in San Luis Obispo, Cali- end of this letter before proceeding with earily slip into invisibility. fornia. He has been working on giant sequoia reading the Win/Win Solution section of this That is exactly the sort of commitment, dedi- health for almost thirty years and is very con- letter. They say a picture tells what a 1,000 cation, and civic partnership the census re- cerned about how monument status will un- words can’t do. The figure of the Confederate quires. This is (as we in Akron say) ``where dermine forest management flexibility. I would Group in Mariposa Grove illustrates what the rubber meets the road''Ðfinding, identi- encourage my colleagues to read his thought- can happen to vegetation within a giant se- fying, and counting those who lack basic shel- ful recommendations. quoia grove over an 80-year period. This let- ter. Unfortunately, the Administration has com- ter makes the case that significant manage- For three generations, the Thomas family pletely ignored all of these scientific findings. ment flexibility is needed to respond to the dramatic changes in vegetation that can has guided the Haven of Rest with a deep and And the Forest Service has done little to im- occur in giant sequoia groves. abiding sense of the dignity and worth of plement them. A WIN/WIN SOLUTION every individual. They understand and live the Instead, what we now see is an election campaign driving forest policy. The campaign Let’s first start with what I think most in- creed that everyone matters and every one of formed people agree on: (1) Some people us counts. pollsters say we should lock it up! But this is might debate the meanings of the protect, I commend them for their caring, and for not in the best interest of these sequoia preserve, and restore goals for national for- their inspirational demonstration of what ``civic grovesÐit is only in the best interest of one est giant sequoia groves as specified in the duty is really all about. election campaign. 1992 Presidential Proclamation but most f This second bill would authorize a National citizens would, I think, largely agree with Research Council study of the forest. They their intent; (2) some type of management INTRODUCTION OF DILLONWOOD should review past studies and offer rec- area designation featuring giant sequoias GIANT SEQUOIA GROVE PARK ommendations for exactly what kind of man- may be appropriate; (3) the subwatershed EXPANSION ACT; AND GIANT SE- agement will preserve these treasures. The basin containing the giant sequoia grove QUOIA GROVES PROTECTION AND should be the area that is specifically identi- National Research Council offers us some of fied to receive a specific management area MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000 the best independent scientific review in the designation; (4) flexible/adaptive manage- world and I hope the Administration will listen ment, including fire surrogate methods (e.g., HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH to them. selective thinning to reduce risk of cata- OF CALIFORNIA This should be about the health of the for- strophic fire occurrence) is needed given the many different conditions that exist in na- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES est, not the health of an election campaign. If we really care about the future of the giant tional forest giant sequoia groves; (5) Man- Thursday, March 16, 2000 sequoia, then we will listen to the scientists. agement must be tied to science; (6) Ade- Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, today I am Campaign spin doctors and their polls cannot quate funding must be provided to support management and research work; and (7) The introducing legislation to preserve some of and should not try to manage a forest. role of the Giant Sequoia Ecology Coopera- America's greatest treasuresÐthe giant se- MARCH 7, 2000. tive should be reinforced and expanded with quoias of central California. Re Antiquities Act and Giant Sequoia an adequate funding mechanism to support The first bill I am offering would expand the Groves: Giant Sequoia—a Relic of the an Executive Director, staff, office space and boundaries of Sequoia National Park. There is Past or an Icon to the Future associated costs for managing the Coopera- an area called Dillonwood Grove that includes Hon. William Clinton, tive. So if it follows that there is widespread one of the riches sequoia groves in the region. President of the United States, agreement on these 7 main items, then I The private owners want this tract to become White House, Washington, DC. would suggest the following management ac- DEAR PRESIDENT CLINTON: I write this let- tions be addressed: a part of our Park system and I support their ter with a highest degree of urgency and re- 1. Expand on the 1992 Presidential Procla- right to do that. This bill would authorize the spect for your office. You are about to make mation by issuing a 2000 Presidential Procla- change. a decision that NBC states in their 2/16/2000 mation directing the Forest Service to pro- The most compelling thing about news story could impact the long-term sur- vide protection, preservation, and restora- Dillonwood, however, is that this private prop- vival of giant sequoia trees. They are right tion work to the lands within the sub-water- erty has been actively managed for many but not in the context that they say it. De- shed basin containing the giant sequoia years and it offers us living proof to the advan- ciding to create a national monument for the groves. Ask Congress for approval of your tages of flexible forest management. While giant sequoia groves that occur on national proclamation if possible to gain a broader forest lands will result in the creation of spectrum of support. Approximately 19,345 Dillonwood will enter into the Sequoia National places where ‘‘relics’’ of giant sequoia are acres exist with the tree-line areas of the 38+ Park, it is important to look at the manage- featured. To think that simply drawing a giant sequoia groves that occur on the Se- ment lessons from Dillonwood, as we seek to line around a giant sequoia grove and stop- quoia National Forest. Increasing manage- protect, restore and maintain the sequoia ping all management activity is in the best ment attention to the subwatersheds that groves outside of the Park. interest of the long-term survival of giant contain the giant sequoia groves would in- The President thinks the best way to do this sequoia is incorrect. I fully disagree with crease this special designation status to by designating a 400,000-acre national monu- any attempt to put the national forest giant about 100,000 acres on the Sequoia National ment. I disagree. sequoia groves in national monument status. Forest. I recommend that the remaining A flexible range of management is needed 300,000 acres be released from management First, the giant sequoia in the Sequoia, Si- that cannot occur if they are designated only area special designation which would re- erra and Tahoe Forests have been off limits to as national monuments or national parks. I spond to concerns expressed by the local for- logging for over 10 years! A Mediated Settle- reach out to you at this time with the great- est products industry. ment in 1990 set aside these groves to per- est degree of humility I can muster. There is 2. I recommend a designation other than manently ensure their protection. President no scientific justification in my opinion to national monument. National monument George Bush signed a proclamation in 1992 to designate giant sequoia groves on national connotes to me the idea of preserving relics state the policy for management to be to pro- forest land as national monuments. Our com- rather than adaptively managing eco- tect, preserve and restore goods for giant se- mon interest is to see that they receive the systems. The Forest Service has a large best stewardship possible. So, as much as we number of special designations it uses for the quoia groves in national forests. In fact, over may differ on a variety of issues, I need to lands under its jurisdiction. One of those des- 80% of the Sequoia National Forest is already have your attention for the next few minutes ignations, I think, should suffice. The impor- off limits to logging. as I make my case regarding the future of tant thing is that a subwatershed area is The scientists also disagree. In 1996, the giant sequoia groves. identified for each grove that will fall under Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project said the I have organized this letter into the fol- the three goals of protect, preserve, and re- best way to keep the forest healthy was lowing sections: A Win/Win Solution; My store. through active management of the groves. Credentials, Interest, and Role in Giant Se- 3. The goals of protect, preserve, and re- quoia Management; The Problem As I See It; They did not recommend a monument. In ad- store should be expanded to include the Si- Why the Need for a Flexible Range of Man- erra and Tahoe National Forest groves. dition, the Giant Sequoia Ecology Cooperative agement; What the Politics and Science 4. Some further refinement as to the mean- has advocated a flexible and adaptive man- Tells Us; Conclusion, and Selected Ref- ing of protect, preserve, and restore might be agement strategy. A monument designation erences from my Curriculum Vitae. The rec- appropriate. I know they are referred to in would undermine this kind of flexibility. ommendations presented in the Win/Win Sec- the 1992 proclamation but the wording of any

VerDate 132000 04:26 Mar 17, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MR8.027 pfrm08 PsN: E16PT1 March 16, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E337 new proclamation must account for the cur- Further, I was actively involved in the Presidential Proclamation focused our at- rent variety of conditions in the Sequoia, Si- planning and execution of the 1985 tention on three objectives: protect, pre- erra, and Tahoe groves. Please refer to the shortcourse titled Management of Giant Se- serve, restore. And, increased funding led to report titled ‘‘An Ecological Foundation for quoia sponsored by the USDA Forest Service our accurately locating the boundaries of all Management of National Forest Giant Se- and the Society of American Foresters. I giant sequoia groves buffer zones, and sub- quoia Ecosystems’’ for further clarification. served as an expert witness for the 1991 Con- watersheds. And more recently we have iden- 5. The role of the Giant Sequoia Ecology gressional Hearing on management of na- tified fire influence zones for several of the Cooperative must be further defined, rein- tional forest giant sequoia groves. I was ac- national forest giant sequoia groves. So to forced, and supported with staffing and fund- tively involved in the planning and execu- say that very little has occurred regarding ing. This important body has begun to make tion of the 1992 Giant Sequoia Symposium national forest giant sequoia groves is a a difference but its efficiency could be im- which occurred as a result of recommenda- gross misstatement. proved with renewed and expanded support tions made at the 1991 Congressional hear- Drawing lines to exclude certain manage- from the President. This will insure a cross- ing. At that same time I completed a major ment activities is not what we as a society section of scientific support for the work oc- study for the National Park Service titled must focus on. Rather we must center our curring in all giant sequoia groves whether Biological and Management Implications of attention on flexible management strategies within state of federal jurisdiction. Fire Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Se- that accommodate the variety of stand con- 6. Some direction as to how to bring about quoia Ecosystem. ditions which exist within the proposed management in the 38+ national forest giant My current research, funded by Save the 400,000 acre national monument for national sequoia groves should be included in the 2000 Redwoods League and Sierra Forest Prod- forest giant sequoia groves. As far as I can Presidential Proclamation. For example, it ucts focuses on evaluating vegetative struc- tell the actual acreage of national forest would be an overwhelming task to write an ture of a highly altered giant sequoia grove giant sequoia groves is something less than EIS document for each national forest giant (e.g., Converse Basin) and the Redwood 19,345 acres. So, I wonder why it is necessary sequoia grove. So, specific direction laying Mountain Grove, a grove which has only had to reserve from use some 400,000 acres of out the actions necessary to move to prescribed burning. We are obtaining some land. Admittedly there are watershed and projects within national forest giant sequoia fascinating management oriented results fire influence concerns which must be ad- groves, I think, is needed. from this study. dressed but those areas outside the actual 7. No matter what the 2000 Presidential I present my comments, opinions and rec- treeline areas of giant sequoia groves can be Proclamation specifies, very little will be ommendation in this letter as a Cal Poly managed in such a fashion that both allows achieved without adequate funding and staff- representative to the Giant Sequoia Ecology use and reduced risk of catastrophic fire or ing. Drawing a line around giant sequoia Cooperative, a group of managers and man- watershed events occurring within the giant groves does very little for their long-term agers focused on linking science to manage- sequoia groves. sustainability. And to think that one form of management ment policies. The points I make in this let- 8. Provide funding for a 2002 giant sequoia is in the best interest of all the national for- ter are based on years of experience and symposium. The Forest Service along with est giant sequoia groves fails to realize that interaction with many learned individuals. other agencies sponsored the highly effective there are significant differences in the com- The comments I make should only be con- 1992 symposium. position and structure of the 38 national for- strued as my point of view and not that of 9. Finally, I think some credit must be est sequoia groves on the Sequoia National the collective body of Cal Poly or of the given to the Forest Service for the work Forest. Converse Basin, for example when it Giant Sequoia Ecology Cooperative. How- they have achieved to date. We know more was privately owned was extensively logged ever, having now said that, my opinions pre- today about national forest giant sequoia some 100 years ago. There have been two than ever before. That is because of the work sented here are widely supported particu- very large wildland fires that have also af- they and others have done. No organization larly my views on the need for an adaptive, fected the Converse Basin grove as well. The or agency is perfect. But the morale of an or- flexible management strategy that is focused structure and composition of the Converse ganization can be severely degraded when al- on the subwatersheds containing giant se- Basin grove is thus much different from a legations are made that are not supported by quoia groves. Please refer to the Congres- grove that has not had this disturbance his- science and experience. Organizations get sional Testimony I presented in 1991 that tory. Thus it follows that our management better with proactive leadership that builds specifically outlines my views as to the need approach for Converse Basin would by neces- on the strengths, skills, and abilities of the for a flexible management policy. Also refer sity be different from other less disturbed people that comprise them. to the McKinley Grove Environmental As- groves. Will establishing a national monu- The information which follows provides sessment that I helped prepare in 1978. In ment allow for this range of management support to this Win/Win solution. that EA, I recommended that the subwater- flexibility? I think not. We must rise to MY CREDENTIALS, INTEREST, AND ROLE IN shed be the area that is given focused atten- higher level as we focus our attention on GIANT SEQUOIA MANAGEMENT tion. These documents are listed in the Se- what is best management for national forest lected References which appear at the end of My name is Dr. Douglas D. Piirto. I am giant sequoia groves. this letter. More detailed listing of my cre- presently a Professor of Forestry and Nat- WHY THE NEED FOR A FLEXIBLE RANGE OF dentials, experience and publications appear ural Resources Management at Cal Poly, San MANAGEMENT in my Curriculum Vitae which will be pro- Luis Obispo. I am a Registered Professional Agencies are moving forward with manage- vided upon request. Forester and Certified Silviculturist in Cali- ment activities trying to ‘‘learn as they go’’ fornia. My experience with giant sequoia and THE PROBLEM AS I SEE IT as to what works and doesn’t work. For ex- coast redwood started in 1972 and continues Considerable discussion has and is occur- ample, the California Department of For- to the present. I have dedicated my career to ring as to how to best protect naturally oc- estry and Fire Protection employs uneven- furthering our knowledge about these two curring giant sequoia groves. It is my opin- aged forest management practices (e.g., se- magnificent species with a major focus on ion that the issue should rather focus on how lective cutting) and prescribed burning to giant sequoia. My Ph.D. work at UC Berke- to manage giant sequoia groves. However, meet management objectives for the Moun- ley was focused on ‘‘Factors Associated with defining what constitutes ‘‘best’’ manage- tain Home grove of giant sequoias. The USDI Tree Failure of Giant Sequoia.’’ I published ment is not an easy matter and is subject to National Park Service employs prescribed six papers based on my Ph.D. dissertation. interpretation by various concerned individ- burning focusing on fuel reduction. The My experience with giant sequoia since uals and organizations. I made this state- USDA Forest Service was using both even completion of my Ph.D. work is extensive. I ment in my testimony to the 1991 Congres- and uneven-aged forest management fol- have worked as a Forest Manager on lands sional Hearing on management of giant se- lowed by prescribed burning practices in sev- that contained giant sequoia groves. I have quoia groves. eral of the giant sequoia groves on the developed giant sequoia grove management The 1991 Congressional Hearing led to sev- Tahoe, Sierra, and Sequoia National Forest plans, completed over $1,000,000 in research eral positive outcomes: 1.) the 1992 Giant Se- in the 1970s and 1980s. The Forest Service has projects over the past 28 years focused on quoia symposium; 2.) increased USDA Forest imposed a moratorium around 1988 on man- giant sequoia, have two major giant sequoia Service funding to located boundaries and agement projects in national forest giant se- research projects ongoing, and have just fin- inventory national forest giant sequoia quoia groves until more is learned about ished a major report for the USDA Forest groves; 3.) increased research activity on them (e.g., inventories) and until a Land Service titled ‘‘An Ecological Foundation for giant sequoia; 4.) 1992 Presidential Proclama- Management Plan Amendment can be devel- Management of National Forest Giant Se- tion; 5.) development of a Giant Sequoia oped and approved. The California Depart- quoia Ecosystems. I am well acquainted with Ecology Cooperative which advises all orga- ment of Parks and Recreation which man- almost all aspects of giant sequoia manage- nizations that have a responsibility for man- ages Calaveras Bigtrees State Park employs ment, the public issues, and scientific infor- aging giant sequoia groves; and 6.) develop- primarily prescribed burning practices to mation. For example, I annotated over 175 ment of an ecological foundation report for meet management objectives. The Bureau of scientific articles for the recent report I just management of national forest giant sequoia Land Management has recently launched a finished for the Forest Service. So, I speak ecosystems. We didn’t precisely know in 1990 program to inventory attributes of the Case with a significant amount of background re- where national forest giant sequoia groves Mountain giant sequoia grove. But aside garding giant sequoia that has help up to the began and ended. We do now because the 1989 from custodial protection, BLM is not ag- peer review process. Mediated Settlement followed by the 1992 gressively managing the Case Mountain

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More comparative research is needed to approach to insure the perpetuation of the proaches varies from timber management evaluate management approaches for giant giant sequoia species and the ecosystems followed by prescribed burning to only pre- sequoia ecosystems. within which they occur. Please refer you to scribed burning to custodial management to 4. Significant site disturbance is needed to the Win/Win Solution section at the begin- let’s wait and inventory what we have at this obtain giant sequoia seedling establishment ning of this letter for more specifies as to time. Which approach is correct? and survival. Mineral soil conditions favor the recommendations I offer. A few long-term studies have been done fo- seedling establishment and canopy openings Thank you for giving me this opportunity cused on management strategies for giant se- facilitate growth and survival of established to express my opinions on giant sequoia. I quoia groves. The USDI National Park Serv- seedling. list in the following section selected publica- ice has done work on prescribed burning but 5. Thrifty young-growth stands of giant se- tions, technical reports, and invited presen- not in comparison to its effectiveness to sil- quoia are not widespread with its native tations in support of my credentials to ex- vicultural management strategies. To say range. press an authoritative opinion on the pend- that prescribed burning for fuel reduction is 6. Fire suppression over the past 90 years ing proposal to establish a national monu- ment for national forest giant sequoia the only safe course of action for all giant has resulted in significant stand density in- groves. sequoia groves is inappropriate because it is creases of associated tree species found in an opinion based on limited research infor- giant sequoia groves. These changes in stand SELECTED REFERENCES mation. We really do not know if prescribed density are also influencing pathogen and in- I list only peer reviewed publications, burning alone is the best course of action for sect relationships in the grove areas. technical reports, and papers I have deliv- the long-term survival and perpetuation of 7. Both prescribed burning and silvicul- ered that are focused on giant sequoia. A the giant sequoia species. Prescribed burning tural manipulation of giant sequoia groves complete listing of all my publications and has both positive and negative effects on the have positive and negative effects which are presentations appears in my current Cur- giant sequoia ecosystems. not fully understood. for example, research- riculum Vitae which is available upon re- Understanding that prescribed burning is ers have measured lethal temperatures at quest. not without its negative consequences, some significant depths beneath the bark of old- Peer reviewed publications foresters employed a variety of silvicultural growth giant sequoia trees during prescribed Piirto, D.D., and R. Rogers. 1999. An eco- methods to achieve desired management ob- burning operations. logical foundation for management of giant jectives. Silvicultural manipulation (e.g., 8. Custodial protection without some form sequioa groves. USDA Forest Service, Pa- tree removal) has both positive and negative of prescribed burning and/or silvicultural cific Southwest Region, Sequoia National consequences as does prescribed burning. manipulation is probably not in the best in- Forest R5–EM–TP–005 (peer reviewed). Competing whitewood trees are either par- terest for perpetuating the species Piirto, D.D. and R. Rogers. 1999. An eco- tially or totally removed from small areas of 9. Giant sequoia trees are subject to the logical foundation for management of na- the larger giant sequoia groves to reduce fuel same natural forces and man-caused influ- tional forest giant sequoia groves. In: Trans- levels, reduce competition, and create seed- ences as other tree species. Specimen giant actions for the 1999 North American Wildlife bed conditions that enable giant sequoia to sequoia trees have fallen within the bound- and Natural Resources conference. Wildlife become established, survive, and grow. Very aries of National Parks, State Parks, State Management Institute (peer reviewed). few young-growth stands of giant sequoia Forests, National Forests, and on private Piirto, D.D., J.R. Parmeter Jr., F. W. Cobb exist in California. The ones that do exist de- lands. Various factors are involved. And in Jr., K.L. Piper, A.C. Workinger, and W.J. Otrosina. 1998. Biological and management veloped as a result of past site disturbances. some cases human activities have probably implications of firepathogen interactions in Silvicultural manipulation of giant sequoia contributed to premature failure in all of the giant sequoia ecosystem. Pages 325–336 in groves and adjacent areas can actually in- these governmentally protected and man- Teresa L. Pruden and Leonard A. Brennan crease the amount of area occupied by aged areas. It is not known whether or not (eds.). Fire in ecosystem management: shift- young, healthy giant sequoia trees. the present rate of old-growth giant sequoia ing the paradigm from suppression to pre- The decision as to what is the most appro- tree failures is higher than historic patterns. scription. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Con- priate course of action to take with ref- 10. Both prescribed burning and silvicul- ference Proceedings, No. 20. Tall Timbers Re- erence to the management of giant sequoia tural manipulation of giant sequoia groves search Station, Tallahassee, FL. (peer re- is not an easy one to make given these un- have received adverse public criticism. It viewed) certainties. However, it seems inappropriate seems that no one agency is doing a perfect Piirto, D.D., Robert R. Rogers, and Mary to put all of the giant sequoia grove areas job of giant sequoia management. However, Chislock Bethke. 1997. Communicating the under the same form of management. Plac- Mountain Home State Forest might come role of science in the management of giant ¥ ing the 41+/ giant sequoia groves on the Se- closest if we were to judge performance on sequoia groves. In: Proceedings for the Na- quoia, Sierra, and Tahoe National Forests the amount of public criticism expressed and tional Silviculture Workshop, May 19–22, into a national monument status reduces to publicity received. But the Jury is still out 1997. USDA Forest Service, Northeast Forest a significant degree management flexibility. as to what management approaches are most Experiment Station, Warren, Pennsylvania. Management flexibility is needed as we learn effective for perpetuation of the ecosystem General Technical Report GTR–NE–238. more about effective approaches. National and the giant sequoia species. Piirto, D.D., R. Thompson and K. Piper. monument status will insure custodial pro- 11. Giant sequoia groves have and are af- 1997. Implementing Uneven-aged redwood tection but will this designation ultimately fected by a wide range of disturbance events. management at Cal Poly’s School Forest. In: lead to healthy ecosystems and perpetuation We understand that some proportion of a Proceedings of the Conference on Coast Red- of the giant sequoia species? Do we really giant sequoia landscape should be comprised wood Forest Ecology and Management, June have enough information to suggest that of early stage vegetation so that sustain- 18–20, 1996. p. 78–82. only national park or national monument ability and the overall health of the grove is Piirto, D.D. 1994. Giant Sequoia Insect, status will result in ‘‘best’’ management maintained. Disease and Ecosystem Interactions. In Pro- practices for the giant sequoia ecosystem? I CONCLUSION ceedings for the Symposium on Giant Se- think not. It is not yet clear what approach Management by necessity must involve quoias: Their Place in the Ecosystem and So- will be best for the species as a whole in the more than custodial protection. And it can’t ciety. June 23–25, 1992. Visalia, California long-term. As such, it seems more reasonable simply focus on changing jurisdictional au- (peer reviewed). Weatherspoon, C.P., Y.R. Iwamoto, and and prudent to continue with a range of thorities. Management must be continuous D.D. Piirto. (Technical Compilers). 1987. Pro- management approaches with some restric- as the ecosystems within which giant se- ceedings of the Workshop on Management of tions as to the extent of activity that can quoia occurs are dynamic. Given these three occur. Giant Sequoia. May 24–25, 1985. Reedley, CA. premises, I make a number of recommenda- USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rpt. PSW– WHAT THE POLITICS AND SCIENCE TELLS US tions as shown in the Win/Win solution sec- 95. So who’s right? What course of action tion of this letter. Piirto, D.D., J. Hawksworth and M. should we as a nation take at this point in Changing jurisdictional authorities is not Hawksworth. 1986. Giant Sequoia Sprouts. time? What have we learned from what re- the answer. Education and research continue Journal of Forestry. 84(9) 24–25 (peer re- search and management activities that have to be needed on giant sequoia. Positive viewed). been undertaken? The lessons learned as I change will occur as we learn more about Piirto, D.D. 1986. Wood Properties and see them are: this most magnificent tree species and eco- Unique Characteristics of Giant Sequoia. In 1. There continues to be significant inter- system. I truly believe that the giant se- Proceedings of SAF’s Management of Giant est in the giant sequoia resource as there quoia groves are not relics of the past. They Sequoia workshop. USDA Forest Service well should be. Yet this interest and concern should not receive protective regulations Gen. Tech. Rpt. PSW–95. is not supported by adequate funding to do that treat them as such. Drawing a circle Piirto, D.D., J.R. Parmeter and W. Wayne research and carry out management in an or- around the giant sequoia groves and calling Wilcox. 1984. Basidiomycete Fungi Report- derly and planned manner. them national monuments seems to infer edly Associated with Living or Dead Giant

VerDate 132000 04:26 Mar 17, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16MR8.033 pfrm08 PsN: E16PT1 March 16, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E339 Sequoia and Coast Redwood. Univ. of Cali- ment of national forest giant sequoia groves. the Congressional Gold Medal. Unfortunately, fornia, Berkeley. Forestry and Forest Prod- Paper presented at the April North American because I had requested and been granted of- ucts. Dept. of Forestry, Forest Products Lab- Wildlife and Natural Resources conference. ficial leave of absence, I was unable to cast oratory, California, Agricultural Experiment Wildlife Mgmt. Institute. Station. No. 55–April. Piirto, D.D. 1997. Converse Basin, its past, my vote in support of this measure. Please let Piirto, D.D., W. Wayne Wilcox, John R. present and its future. Paper to USDA Forest the record show that had I been here I would Parmeter, David L. Wood. 1984. Causes of Up- Service. Deputy Regional Forester’s Meeting have voted ``yes'' for H.R. 3557. rooting and Breakage of Specimen Giant Se- held at Hume Lake, CA. As a fellow New Yorker, I have seen first- quoia Trees. Division of Agricultural and Piirto, D.D. 1997. Special presentation to hand the good work of the Cardinal, in par- Natural Resources, Univ. of California. Bul- Dr. Jerry Franklin’s University of Wash- ticular, his tireless efforts to improve Catholic- letin 1909. ington Ecosystem Management Field Tour Jewish relations. The negotiations to establish Piirto, D.D. and W. Wayne Wilcox, 1981. class. I presented a talk and led a field tour diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Comparative Properties of Old-Growth and focused on implementing ecosystem manage- Young-Growth Giant Sequoia of Potential ment in Converse Basin. Israel were initiated, in large part, by Cardinal Significance to Wood Utilization. Division of Piirto, D.D. 1997. Implementing ecosystem O'Connor. The Cardinal's work has truly en- Agricultural Sciences, Univ. of California. management in a State Park setting. Paper hanced human rights and religious tolerance Bulletin 1901. presented at California Park Ranger Con- around the globe. Piirto, D.D. and W. Wayne Wilcox. 1978. ference. San Luis Obispo, CA. Cardinal O'Connor has also been a leader Critical Evaluation of the Pulsed-Current Piirto, D.D. 1992. Disease and Insects Asso- in the effort to provide care to individuals Resistance Meter for Detection of Decay in ciated with Giant Sequoia. A paper presented stricken with AIDS. The Cardinal opened New Wood. Forest Products Journal 28 (1) 52–56 at the symposium titled Giant Sequoias, (peer reviewed). Their Place in the Ecosystem and Society on York State's first AIDS-only unit at St. Clare's Piirto, D.D., J.R. Parimeter and W. Wayne June 23, 1992 in Visalia, CA. Hospital. This effort created a home for those Wilcox. 1977. Poria incrassata in Giant Se- Piirto, D.D. 1991. Giant Sequoia Groves, A in need of support and care, and supplied quoia. Plant Disease Reporter 61 (1) 50 (peer Relic to be Preserved or A Resource to be Cardinal O'Connor with yet another place to reviewed). Managed. Testimony and paper submitted at volunteer his time and counsel. Wilcox, W.W. and D.D. Piirto. 1976. Decay the Congressional Hearings of the Com- In addition to these remarkable accomplish- Resistance in Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs on Heartwood as Related to Color and Extrac- ments, Cardinal O'Connor has devoted his September 4, 1991. Visalia, CA. time to promoting racial equality, creating valu- tives. Wood and Fiber 7 (4) (peer reviewed). Piirto, D.D. and K. Piper. 1991. Biological Piirto, D.D., J.R. Parmeter and F.W. Cobb and Management Implications of Fire/Patho- able educational opportunities for children, and Jr. 1974. Fomes annosus in Giant Sequoia. gen Interactions in the Giant Sequoia Eco- assisting the poor, sick and disabled. It is Plant Disease Reporter 58 (5) 478 (peer re- system. A poster presentations at Fourth Bi- clear that Cardinal O'Connor has touched the viewed). ennial Conference of Research in California’s lives of many Americans and deserves this Technical reports National Parks, Davis, CA. body's highest honor. Piirto, Douglas D. 1996. A Critical Review Piirto, D.D. J.R. Parmeter, Jr., F.W. Cobb, f of the Kings River Administrative Study Jr., K. Piper, and A. Workinger, 1991. Bio- (KRAS) Landscape Analysis Plan. USDA logical and Management Implications of PRAISING GARROD HYDRAULICS Forest Service. Sierra National Forest, Clo- Fire/Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Se- vis, CA. quoia Ecosystem. A poster presentation at Piirto, Douglas D. 1996. Reference Varia- the 1991 National Convention of the Society HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLING bility for Giant Sequoia—An Annotated Re- of American Foresters in San Francisco, CA. OF PENNSYLVANIA view of Literature. Final Report. USDA For- Piirto, D.D. J.R. Parmeter, Jr., F.W. Cobb, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES est Service. Sequoia National Forest, Porter- Jr., K. Piper, and A. Workinger, 1991. Bio- ville, CA. logical and Management Implications of Thursday, March 16, 2000 Piirto, D.D., K. Piper and J.R. Parmeter, Fire/Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Se- Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I would like Jr. 1992. Final Report. Biological and Man- quoia Ecosystem—A Progress Report. A to take this opportunity to extend my congratu- agement Implications of Fire/Pathogen paper presented at the Fourth Biennial Con- lations to the employees of Garrod Hydraulics, Interactions in the Giant Sequoia Eco- ference of Research in California’s National system; Part I—Fire Scar/Pathogen Studies, Parks. Davis, CA. Inc. for receiving the ISO 9002 (International Part II—Pathogenicity Studies. Natural Re- Piirto, D.D. 1985. Wood Properties and Organization of Standardization) registration. I sources Management Department, Cal Poly- Unique Characteristics of Giant Sequoia. am proud to honor the only company reg- San Luis Obispo. Presented at the SAF Management and istered in the United States for Hydraulic Cyl- Piirto, D.D. 1980. Environmental Assess- Giant Sequoia shortcourse at Kings River inder Repair, especially when it has been ment Report and Stand Management Pre- Community College, Reedley, CA. May 24, serving York County for over 20 years. With scription for McKinley Grove. USDA Forest 1985. Service, Sierra NF, Kings River RD. over 35 employees, the company is certainly Piirto, D.D. 1976. Factors Associated with expanding and has distinguished itself within Piirto, D.D. 1978. Guidelines and Action Tree Failure of Giant Sequoia. Presented at Plan for Management of McKinley Grove. the First Conference on Scientific Research the industry and the other 22,399 companies USDA Forest Service, Sierra NF, Kings in National parks. New Orleans, Louisiana. with ISO 9002 registration. Garrod Hydraulics River RD. November 1976. has joined the fraternity of Best in the Class, Piirto, D.D. 1977. Final Report to the Na- Piirto, D.D. 1976. Factors Associated with and I salute their hard work and dedication. tional Park Service on Structural Failure of Tree Failure of Giant Sequoia. A poster ex- f Giant Sequoia. U.C. Forest Products Labora- hibit presented in Mulford Hall Forestry Li- tory, Berkeley. brary Fall 1976. HONORING MAGGIE ADELE Presentations Piirto, D.D. Structural Failure of Giant MCCULLOCH ON HER 1ST BIRTH- Piirto, D.D. and R. Rogers. 1999. An eco- Sequoia. Presented at the Third North Amer- DAY logical foundation for management of na- ican Forest Biology Workshop. Colorado tional forest giant sequoia groves. Presented State University, Fort Collins, CO. at the 1999 Save-the-Redwoods League an- DOUGLAS D. PIIRTO. PH.D., RPF, HON. JOHN W. OLVER nual business meeting at Sequoia and Kings Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources OF MASSACHUSETTS Canyon National Park. September, 1999. Management. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Piirto, D.D., R. Rogers, M. Chislock- Bethke and T. Henry. An ecological founda- f Thursday, March 16, 2000 tion for management of national forest giant TRIBUTE TO JOHN CARDINAL Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay sequoia groves. A poster presentation at the 1999 National Convention of the Society of O’CONNOR—PERSONAL EXPLA- tribute to Mark and Molly McCulloch of Hol- American Foresters in Portland, Oregon. The NATION yoke as they celebrate the birthday of their poster display was awarded second place out daughter Maggie Adele McCulloch who turns of 110 submitted posters. HON. NITA M. LOWEY 1 year old today, March 16, 2000. Piirto, D.D. and R. Rogers. 1999. An eco- OF NEW YORK Mr. Speaker, I commend the McCulloch logical foundation for management of na- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES family for their commitment to Massachusetts tional forest giant sequoia groves. Presented and their community. at the 1999 Giant Sequoia Ecology Coopera- Thursday, March 16, 2000 tive meeting held at Calaveras State Park. Over the past decade, my constituent Mr. May, 1999. Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, on February 15, Mark McCulloch has played a prominent role Piirto, D.D. and R. Rogers. 1999. Devel- my colleagues honored John Cardinal O'Con- in the community as Editor of the Holyoke oping an ecological foundation for manage- nor by passing H.R. 3557, a bill to award him Sun, Westfield Evening News, and now as

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