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<title>Clearcut logging plan sparks blistering APA debate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 15, 2013) A plan by the Adirondack Park Agency to streamline permit applications for large-scale clearcut logging sparked fierce debate yesterday.Supporters of the plan say it will encourage loggers and landowners to adopt better harvesting practices. At the APA&apos;s monthly meeting in Ray Brook, some commissioners spoke passionately in favor of the change.   But others expressed deep skepticism about the plan. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21450/20130215/clearcut-logging-plan-sparks-blistering-apa-debate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>APA backs off controversial clear-cut logging rule</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 14, 2013) The Adirondack Park Agency is delaying action on a controversial plan to revise clearcut logging rules in the park.The change would have affected about 700,000 acres of private timberland owned by large companies and property owners.The logging industry strongly supported the measure, as did many academic foresters, but a coalition of green groups rallied to oppose it. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21442/20130214/apa-backs-off-controversial-clear-cut-logging-rule">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>A million acres of Adk timberland becoming &quot;junk&quot;?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 14, 2013) In recent weeks, the Adirondack Park has become embroiled in a new debate over clearcut logging.But a growing coalition of environmentalists, industry leaders, government officials and academics agree on one thing.More than a million acres of the Park&apos;s privately-owned timber land is deteriorating — turning into what some critics describe as &quot;junk&quot; forest.That trend threatens the long-term environmental health of the Adirondacks, as well as the health of the North Country&apos;s logging industry. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21445/20130214/a-million-acres-of-adk-timberland-becoming-quot-junk-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Bill Would Further Restrict Clear-cutting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 4, 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. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/723/20010604/bill-would-further-restrict-clear-cutting">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 4, 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. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/723/20010604/bill-would-further-restrict-clear-cutting">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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