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random_vermonter t1_jb9wwze wrote

Reply to comment by NothingToSeeHere1670 in Sign this Petition and ask the US Forest Service to “find a better way” for this project. by [deleted]

This needs to be pointed out every time a tourist equates VT to Narnia.

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[deleted] OP t1_jba3763 wrote

You are misunderstanding “uninterrupted” and thinking I believe it is “old growth”— I know that Vermont was logged AF in centuries ago and that it’s not untouched and pristine. At the moment the Green Mountains are one of the largest patches of continuous unfragmented forest and this is in fact something that should be protected from large scale projects such as this.

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Internal-Fudge8578 t1_jbad6mz wrote

Part of the reason VT has gone back to being over 60% Forested is because of active management of our forestland. Our forests are far healthier than the forest preserve right across the lake in the Adirondacks because our public lands are managed (mostly through timber harvests). We’re more resilient to Forest pests, invasives, potential for fire, and it even gives us an economic argument for keeping it forested. If you look at the Adirondack and Catskills Forest preserves (where cutting hasn’t been allowed in any form on the state lands ever since they realized they needed trees to have water for the Erie Canal), it’s pretty obvious how detrimental a complete lack of forest management is.

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