West Virginia

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,585 posts) Wed Jan 11, 2023, 12:11 PM Jan 2023

WV residents worry clear-cutting in national forest is a return to state's destructive past

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NEW: Residents and environmental advocates are concerned the US Forest Service’s plan to clear-cut 3,500 acres of trees will return West Virginia to the days when loggers cut down the state’s trees with abandon.

mountainstatespotlight.org
WV residents worry clear-cutting in national forest is a return to state’s destructive past
The US Forest Service will be clear-cutting in the Monongahela National Forest, a departure from decades of preservation.

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WV residents worry clear-cutting in national forest is a return to state's destructive past (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 OP

Oh no. happybird Jan 2023 #1

3,500 acres.... Bayard Jan 2023 #2

Link to current harvesting policy? cbabe Jan 2023 #3

happybird

(5,057 posts)

1. Oh no.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2023, 12:31 PM

Jan 2023

We spent a lot of time camping and hiking in the Monongahela Natl Forest when I was in college. It’s exquisite and should not be touched!
Clear cutting is not preservation, can’t believe they are trying to claim that.

Bayard

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2. 3,500 acres....

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2023, 12:52 PM

Jan 2023

Sounds like a very bad idea.

"Randy Moore is Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service" and, "organized and coordinated by the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) " So, does that mean Deb Haaland would be ultimately responsible?

cbabe

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3. Link to current harvesting policy?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2023, 10:31 AM

Jan 2023

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