Logging and a century of fire suppression have taken their toll on parts of the Sierra Nevada, including the Giant Sequoia National Monument in the Southern Sierra. President Clinton created the monument out of national forest land three years ago. The U-S Forest Service is now developing a management plan for the area, spelling out how the agency could use a combination of deliberate fires and selective logging to restore the forest. But as KPCC's Ilsa Setziol reports, some environmentalists object to the government's proposal.
