Department of Natural Resources opens public comment period on draft sustainable timber harvest analysis

Forest Lake Times
December 7, 2017
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US East

WYOMING — The Department of Natural Resources is seeking comments by Dec. 30 on a draft sustainable timber harvest analysis that will be used to help determine the statewide timber harvest level on DNR-administered forest land. “This is the public’s opportunity to review the computer modeling data, see the broad range of factors that go into making this decision, and provide meaningful input,” DNR Forestry planner Jon Drimel said in a press release. “The analysis does not identify a recommended sustainable harvest level. Rather, it presents a range of possible harvest scenarios and the effects that varying levels of timber harvest are projected to have on the forest economy, forest ecosystems, watersheds and other indicators of forest health.”

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