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    Do wildlife species need more clear-cuts in the Adirondacks?

    Nov 01, 2018 4 minutes

    YES Timothy J. Post

    In the September-October edition of the Adirondack Explorer, ecologist Charles Canham says there are legitimate concerns about overharvesting trees in the Adirondack Park, and that there is no good ecological or silvicultural rationale for clear-cuts.

    I must disagree with these suppositions by Mr. Canham. With millions of acres of state land preserved within the Adirondack Park and never to be managed (harvested), Adirondack Park Agency oversight of larger clear-cuts on non-state-owned lands, and best management practices in place for forest harvests, there should not be great concern for overharvesting. This is not the days of old, when massive cuts were done on steep slopes with no

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