Clearcutting project dropped in Tucker County, 200-year-old trees won’t be cut down

Clearcutting project dropped in Tucker County, 200-year-old trees won’t be cut down

PARSONS, W.Va. (WBOY) — Community members and environmental groups celebrated a decision by the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday to not clear cut a 115-acre section of forest along the Cheat River, saving some of the oldest trees in the state. The Upper Cheat River Project by the U.S. Forest Service proposed timbering in an 86,000-acre section of land in Tucker, Preston and Barbour counties to help achieve forestry goals and create more forest div…