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Glens Falls City board approves timber sale, moves forward with 15-year watershed forest management inventory
Summary
The Glens Falls City Water and Sewer Board approved a timber sale and agreed to begin a two-year timber inventory and 15-year forest management plan costing $15,000 to guide sustainable harvests and forest health work in the city watershed.
The Glens Falls City Water and Sewer Board on Aug. 4 approved a timber sale and moved to begin a two-year timber inventory and 15-year forest management plan for the city watershed.
The timber sale — listed in meeting materials as Sale No. 83-2025 with F and W Forestry to mark and put the cut out to bid — was approved by voice vote. Tom Dillon of F and W Forestry told the board the marked timber includes substantial volumes of dead and dying oak from a spongy moth infestation and some large-diameter white pine ready for salvage. “This proposal is for a timber inventory and a 15 year management plan,” Dillon said, describing the inventory plots…
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