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Article: Kanawha State Forest spared the ax
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- December 16, 1999
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STAFF WRITER
Proposals to "salvage" damaged trees in Kanawha State Forest are
on hold indefinitely, state Division of Forestry officials say.
Charles "Randy" Dye, director of the Division of Forestry, said,
"Gov. Underwood has made it clear to the agency that he wants
Kanawha State Forest to remain uncut.
"The West Virginia Division of Forestry has no plans to seek a
change in state law that prohibits the sale of timber from Kanawha
State Forest. The West Virginia Division of Forestry has no plans to
sell timber from Kanawha State Forest."
For 20 years, state law has prohibited all logging in the state
forest, only 10 minutes from downtown Charleston.
But in recent months, an interim ...