(WMDT)
POCOMOKE STATE FOREST, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is considering cutting down 436 acres of trees in the Pocomoke State Forest. This is a normal operation that they say helps preserve forest life.
But the Old Growth Forest Network says the problem is that 120 of those acres are old-growth trees nearly 100 years old. Executive Director Joan Maloof says old-growth trees can often grow for hundreds of years, and help protect younger plants and the animals that live there.
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Felling of 120 acres of old-growth trees in Pocomoke State Forest proposed - 47abc (wmdt.com)
(PPE reader comment)
Anonymous said...If you want to eat you plant corn, potatoes or other vegetables. If you want houses you plant trees. The only difference is the length of time to get the final product. Trees are just as renewable as any other cash crop.
