Clinton Explores Protecting Groves of Sequoias
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
President Clinton is considering setting aside as much as 400,000 acres of forests in California as a federal monument to permanently protect remaining groves of the state’s giant sequoia trees, administration officials said Tuesday.
Clinton asked Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to explore whether the trees ought to be protected under the 1906 Antiquities Act, as he did a month ago to ensure permanent protection over a vast stretch of land adjacent to the Grand Canyon.
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