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The court took a rational approach to tree-cutting

hil Brown’s opinion piece takes issue with the appeals court’s decision prohibiting wider snowmobile trails for the Adirondacks (“A path to common sense,” March/April). Why would a conservationist criticize the cutting of a substantial number of trees as a criterion for the courts to consider? As I read his articles, I kept asking myself what motivated him to take this position? Is there a connection

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