Saturday, July 31, 2010
Allegheny Wood Products Proposal Rejected
WEST VIRGINIA....
In December 2005, the Forest Service had proposed to give Petersburg-based Allegheny Wood Products an easement to the publicly owned half of a railroad grade along the Blackwater River in Tucker County. Allegheny, which owns the other half of the railroad grade, wanted to expand onto the public side to ease access for more logging of the Blackwater area. The U.S. Forest Service has rejected Allegheny's proposal to use a national forest trail as a logging road. Clyde Thompson, supervisor of the Monongahela National Forest, says he would approve Allegheny Wood's access to the trail for the limited purpose of repairing damage to the grade and maintaining drainage structures to reduce impacts to the company's land but not motorized access to the Forest Service's portion for log hauling or timber management. Environmental groups have opposed the logging and development, saying they want the area to be made into a national park or be made part of the adjacent state park.
In December 2005, the Forest Service had proposed to give Petersburg-based Allegheny Wood Products an easement to the publicly owned half of a railroad grade along the Blackwater River in Tucker County. Allegheny, which owns the other half of the railroad grade, wanted to expand onto the public side to ease access for more logging of the Blackwater area. The U.S. Forest Service has rejected Allegheny's proposal to use a national forest trail as a logging road. Clyde Thompson, supervisor of the Monongahela National Forest, says he would approve Allegheny Wood's access to the trail for the limited purpose of repairing damage to the grade and maintaining drainage structures to reduce impacts to the company's land but not motorized access to the Forest Service's portion for log hauling or timber management. Environmental groups have opposed the logging and development, saying they want the area to be made into a national park or be made part of the adjacent state park.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:23 PM 
