Contractor seeks permission to remove dead trees, board asks for mapped limits near Ancram ridgeline
A forestry contractor requested a waiver to remove only dead trees and mulch invasives on a 60‑acre parcel that includes a small ridgeline overlay. The board asked the applicant to GPS‑mark affected trees and return with a thumbnail map showing the red‑lined ridgeline area before any work inside the overlay.
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Rob Schrupple of SES Contracting told the Planning Board the work being proposed on Ms. Snyder’s property is limited to dead trees and invasive vegetation removal, not a clear‑cut or conventional commercial logging operation. He said the parcel totals about 60 acres and estimated 150–200 trees would be removed overall, with roughly 25 trees in the narrow ridgeline overlay area that concerns the board.
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