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Sanger Lumber Company
The Hume-Bennett Lumber Company was a logging operation in the Sequoia National Forest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company and its predecessors were known for building the world's longest log flume and the John_Samuel_Eastwood#Multiple_arch_dams, first multiple-arch hydroelectric dam. However, the company also engaged in destructive clearcutting, clearcutting logging practices, cutting down 8,000 giant sequoias in Converse_Basin_Grove, Converse Basin in a decade-long event that has been described as "the greatest orgy of destructive lumbering in the history of the world." Public opposition of the company’s actions helped mobilize support for the early Conservation_in_the_United_States, conservation movement, leading to the creation of Yosemite_National_Park, Yosemite, Sequoia_National_Park, Sequoia, and General_Grant_Grove, General Grant National Parks in the early 1880s. By the 1950s, almost all surviving sequoia groves were under public protection. Despit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Converse Basin Grove
Converse Basin Grove is a grove of giant sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') trees in the Giant Sequoia National Monument in the Sierra Nevada, in Fresno County, California, 5 miles (8 km) north of General Grant Grove, just outside Kings Canyon National Park. Once home to the second-largest population of giant sequoias in the world, covering acres, the grove was extensively logged by the Sanger Lumber Company at the turn of the 20th century. The clearcutting of 8,000 giant sequoias, many of which were over 2,000 years old, resulted in the destruction of the old-growth forest ecosystem. The Converse Basin Grove has not recovered despite attempts at restoration in the 20th century. The planting of single-species conifer plantations and the practice of fire exclusion has resulted in two high intensity wildfires since the end of the logging era, further degrading the giant sequoia habitat. Despite these challenges, the grove offers opportunities for studying for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
