The Daily Gazette

Logging, tree-cutting stir concern in Hunter

The Town of Hunter was told at its September board meeting that it should take steps to oversee logging and tree-cutting in the town. Platte Clove resident Roy Silver told board members he is ...
Berkshire Eagle

'Forest management is nuanced.' A behind-the-scenes look at how foresters decide which trees to cut or save

SAVOY — Forester Kevin Podowka walked backward on a logging road as he led about 20 people through a small part of a 100-acre section of Savoy Mountain State Forest that is slated for cutting. Even as ...
The Columbian

Is state cutting down its ‘legacy’?: Conservationists want to curb the logging of old-growth trees

Too young to save? The issue isn’t that Department of Natural Resources must log old trees to keep up with demand for wood. Most of the agency’s holdings consist of younger forests, many of which are ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

'National forests are not national parks': Logging debate in Whites divides forestry experts, environmentalists

The Liberty Trail on Mt. Chocorua is one of the most popular hiking paths in the White Mountain National Forest. The trail, flanked by thick woods, laces through the Sandwich Range, a swath of public ...
Concord Monitor

Forester defends ‘shocking’ Whitaker tree cut

Debris from the recent clear-cut of dead and dying trees covers the ground near the powerlines in North Conway’s Whitaker Woods, seen here on June 11. Credit: RACHEL SHARPLES—Conway Daily Sun staff ...