Third-largest eastern hemlock in West Virginia being cut down in timber project, Friends of Blackwater says

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Third-largest eastern hemlock in West Virginia being cut down in timber project, Friends of Blackwater says

THOMAS, W.Va. (WBOY) — Several organizations are speaking out against a controversial Forest Plan which is meant to promote forest health and sustainable timbering in an approximately 86,000-acre area of land along the Upper Cheat River. The Monongahela National Forest project aims to improve forest health, age class diversity, wildlife habitat and river/stream conditions, in part, by cutting particular trees, but the Friends of Blackwater orga…