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Morning Read: A better way to protect the Adirondack Park’s private open space?

Phil Brown in the Adirondack Explorer magazine looks in-depth this month at the big question of whether current Adirondack Park Agency rules do enough to protect privately owned backcountry and timberland inside the blue line. His research found...

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Bill Would Further Restrict Clear-cutting

by Brian Mann

Jun 04, 2001 — A plan to clear cut 300 acres of timberland in southern St. Lawrence county has sparked new legislation. The bill would place tight restrictions on clear-cutting in the Adirondacks. Brian Mann has the details. Go to full article

Draft Team Logging Lighter on the Land

by The Environment Report

May 09, 2001 — Throughout the Great Lakes states there is a resurgence of interest in a proven method of logging that is considerably lighter on the land. Today, as in the past, teams of giant workhorses and men are dragging out one log at a time and making it pay... for themselves, for the forest's owners, and possibly for the long-term health of our forests. Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Dan Grossman reports. Go to full article

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