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As a Giant Sequoia Sponsor, you are helping ensure that whenever the logging industry sets its sights on logging in and around the park, alarm bells go off and the American people are rallied to its defense. Become a Sequoia sponsor today.
300 million years ago, Giant Sequoia trees covered vast areas of North America. Today the world’s remaining trees are found in just a few scattered sites, and more than half of them live in California's Giant Sequoia National Monument. Standing next to a Giant Sequoia is one of the most awe-inspiring experiences a person can have in nature.
- With trees as tall as 275 feet high and 30 feet across, Giant Sequoias are the largest living trees on Earth.
- Dating back as far as 3,400 years, Giant Sequoias are among the oldest trees on the planet.
- The Giant Sequoia ecosystem provides essential habitat for the black bear, California spotted owl, Pacific fisher and many others.
Adjacent to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the Monument was established in 2000 by President Bill Clinton, and was designed to protect all 327,000 acres of the Giant Sequoia ecosystem in perpetuity. However, since inception, the Forest Service has opened the door to excessive levels of logging in and around the Monument, posing a threat to the integrity of the Monument and the ancient and awe-insiring giants it was created to protect.
The Sierra Club has been working to protect the Giant Sequoias for over 100 years - beginning with the Club founder John Muir’s initial work to establish Sequoia National Park in 1890. Over the next century, the Sierra Club continued to fight, and defeat, numerous attempts by the timber industry to destroy these magnificent lands. Most recently the Club and its dedicated volunteers have been working to transfer management of the Monument from the National Forest Service to the National Park Service to protect it from future commercial logging.
By your sponsorship, you are supporting the Sierra Club’s conservation efforts to protect the Giant Sequoia National Monument - home to the oldest living organisms on the planet - for generations to come.
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HOW YOUR GIFT GIVES TWICE
Sponsoring a wild place not only provides a unique and special gift for someone you love, but gives you the satisfaction of knowing you are helping preserve America’s wild legacy long after the gift has been opened.
