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Black Mountain Grove is 19.3 miles long and is the sixth largest specimens in the world of all groves. It is dry and hot during summer time which is potentially negative because it is a higher risk for wildfires. During the winter time, it is cold and fresh. The Black Mountain Grove was a highlight in history because it was the conventional point to stop logging in groves. It played one of the biggest roles in the creation of Giant Sequoia National Monument.

Wildlife
Before, more then 500 acres of non-sequoia trees were destroyed, and more than 70% of the groves were logged, but this forest still has many different species of trees standing including ponderosa pine trees, willow trees, dogwood trees, white fir trees, black oak trees, incense cedar trees, and the rarest of them all, the largest sugar pine tree located at the north side of the forest. Everything else that is beneath your feet or smaller then the trees are fern, grasses, and forbs.

The History
In 1987, a lawsuit was filed against the Solo Timber Sale by the Sierra Club (an environmental organization) to stop logging groves. The judgement made for that lawsuit was that all groves would be restored to it's natural being. Because of this, the Sierra Club helped many other groves grow back to their natural state. The 1990 Mediated Settlement Agreement (MSA) to the Sustainable land management plan extended the groves and prohibits timber harvesting within the groves. In 1992, President Bush visited the large sequoias and boosted the terms by completely protecting them from harvesting, mining, and development.

Wildfires
Black Mountain Grove was able to overcome two wildfires, one in 1928 and one that was a little more recent, 2008. The 1928 wildfire thinned Black Mountain Grove more than the 2008 wildfire, but they both did damage to the forest. In 1928, the wildfire burned more than four square miles of trees, which left a blank spot in the forest. In 2008, about 12% of the forest burned again leaving a hole in the beautiful forest. Black Mountain Grove gets fire threats from around the area; for example, from Long Canyon or South and Middle Fork. There was a lot of dead wood around Black Mountain Grove, the dead wood, or just the high fuel in general, has not been removed since 2003; which means, it would burn a good portion of the sequoias if it were to catch on fire. There was high fuel loading which caused the MSA to demand a “fuel load reduction plan,” this would also be conducted for logging. This means that they wanted to get rid of all the dead wood, so that it can reduce the risk of wildfires in the area.

Peer Review Notes
First Paragraph

In the first sentence of the article put the reflink at the end of the sentence.

Remove very during the "dry and hot" line

Can't use opinionated words like "bad", try replace with "negative"

Wildlife in Black Mountain Grove

Remove "in Black Mountain Grove" from section header, leave it just as Wildlife

Remove the word "beautiful"

The History of Black Mountain Grove Remove "of Black Mountain Grove"

Try linking to this when referencing the Sierra Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club

2nd sentence is a bit rough grammatically

Link to the MSA and Land Management Plan

Need References in this paragraph

Wildfires in Black Mountain Grove Remove "of Black Mountain Grove"

Don't use the word"pulled" try use overcome

Don't use the word "some" try be more specific