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Strip SA 6039 and SA 5890 from S. 4784. Attaching the so-called "Save Our Sequoias Act" and the "Fix Our Forests Act" to the National Defense Authorization Act is a backdoor maneuver to pass legislation that couldn't survive a standalone Senate vote — and you know it. SA 6039 would allow logging inside giant sequoia groves, including in designated Wilderness areas, while categorically excluding those actions from NEPA review. That's not saving sequoias — it's a logging authorization dressed up in conservation language. SA 5890 would expand livestock grazing and manager-ignited fire in Wilderness areas, overriding the bedrock protections of the Wilderness Act. Neither bill belongs anywhere near a defense authorization bill. The Wilderness Act exists to protect lands from exactly this kind of manipulation. These riders didn't earn a floor vote on their own merits. Don't reward that failure by hiding them in must-pass legislation. Vote to remove both amendments from the NDAA.