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Read these sentences from Paragraph 4 of the article.

For the thousands of acres of Sequoia forest outside of the reservation and national parks, and in the hands of lumbermen, no help is in sight. Probably more than three times as many Sequoias as are contained in the whole Calaveras Grove have been cut into lumber every year for the last twenty-six years without let or hindrance, and with scarce a word of protest on the part of the public, while at the first whisper of the bonding of the Calaveras Grove to lumbermen most everybody rose in alarm.

Which claim do these sentences best support?


A. The sequoia is a rare and mighty tree, worthy of public protection.

B. The sequoias in the Calaveras Grove require people's immediate attention.

C. The lumber industry needs stricter governmental regulations.

D. The threat to sequoias extends far beyond the Calaveras Grove.