Clearing game lands

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    A section of forest along Route 93 near Nesquehoning looks decimated after a timber project and controlled burn. A Pennsylvania Game Commission contractor clear cut 100 feet of forest beside the road, because PennDOT was concerned about dead trees falling into the road. The timbering revealed an area which the Commission recently burned to promote animal habitat. The contractor will also cut trees on the other side of the road. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS

Published July 13. 2019 05:40AM

 

A Pennsylvania Game Commission contractor recently cut down most of the trees in a along the east side of Route 93. The Game Commission hired the contractor because timber a 100-foot buffer on each side of the road because PennDOT was concerned about dead trees falling into the road. The total area to be cleared is 14 acres. SGL 141 includes a total of 17,047.91 acres. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS

 

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I was through there about two weeks ago. It looks like an excessive amount was cleared and it looks horrible!
This seems to be going on everywhere in PA. From a forest management point of view I really can not say one way or the other. But Since, the billionair lumber/furniture guy took office, there is has been has seemingly more cutting than with all other govenors combined. I wish the press would be a factual look at the data - clear cutting year to year and see if it did in fact spike buy the lumber gov. You would think the environmentalist would crying out, but crickets. Yet Ridge ran the fountain in front of the capital, as did every other gov, and some environmentals went nuts. they said said it wasted something like 11 dollars a day on energy, and that money could feed so many children in the third world. I remember this issue being so bizzare and unjust it was a turning point for me and how i view the media
If a D runs the fountain, so what. if an R runs the fountain he doesn't care about children or the environment. Anyway, it would be interesting to see if clear cutting went up, way up under Wolf, even though ultimately few would care about his hipocrocy.
You really need to do some research. You are talking about D's and R's and the current governor. What allows the ravaging of forests as in this story is the ACRE law, passed in 2005. Municipalities can not restrict normal ag practices. Timber harvesting is considered an agricultural activity, so municipalities have very little power to regulate it. The PA Atty General uses some Penn State professor to say what is legal, and the current opinion is clear cutting the entire state is "sustainable." And of course companies with timbering interests donate to Penn State and sponsor "scientific studies" that back up what a mouthpiece says. There was actually an improvement from the asst Atty General under Corbett to the one now, but he still pretty much believes the state can be clearcut.

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