Saturday, May 08, 2010
Environmental Groups Protest Logging At State Park
WEST VIRGINIA....
Environmental groups are protesting the West Virginia Division of Forestry's plan to log in Coopers Rock State Forest in northern West Virginia. The Division of Forestry plans to log a 210-acre tract with the goal to help regenerate several tree species and provide more diverse wildlife habitat and forest growth potential. The Coopers Rock Forest Foundation and the Friends of Blackwater have asked federal and state authorities to halt the project, saying it would harm two rare species, the Cheat threetooth snail and the Indiana bat. Division of Forestry officials say the plan includes buffer zones in areas known to contain snail populations, and surveys have found no Indiana bats at the site.
Environmental groups are protesting the West Virginia Division of Forestry's plan to log in Coopers Rock State Forest in northern West Virginia. The Division of Forestry plans to log a 210-acre tract with the goal to help regenerate several tree species and provide more diverse wildlife habitat and forest growth potential. The Coopers Rock Forest Foundation and the Friends of Blackwater have asked federal and state authorities to halt the project, saying it would harm two rare species, the Cheat threetooth snail and the Indiana bat. Division of Forestry officials say the plan includes buffer zones in areas known to contain snail populations, and surveys have found no Indiana bats at the site.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:42 AM 
