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Related: About this forumWV residents worry clear-cutting in national forest is a return to state's destructive past
Kenwardjr RetweetedNEW: Residents and environmental advocates are concerned the US Forest Services plan to clear-cut 3,500 acres of trees will return West Virginia to the days when loggers cut down the states trees with abandon.
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WV residents worry clear-cutting in national forest is a return to states destructive past
The US Forest Service will be clear-cutting in the Monongahela National Forest, a departure from decades of preservation.
WV residents worry clear-cutting in national forest is a return to states 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
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happybird
(5,191 posts)1. Oh no.
We spent a lot of time camping and hiking in the Monongahela Natl Forest when I was in college. Its exquisite and should not be touched!
Clear cutting is not preservation, cant believe they are trying to claim that.
Bayard
(24,145 posts)2. 3,500 acres....
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
(4,308 posts)3. Link to current harvesting policy?