Should we clear-cut white pines in the State Forest? - The Martha's Vineyard Times

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Should we clear-cut white pines in the State Forest? - The Martha's Vineyard Times

To the Editor: I have been shocked, while driving around the Island recently, to see scarred landscapes, large parcels that have been totally cleared of trees for one purpose or another. Reading that clear-cutting and burning are also planned for the stands of white pine in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest has left me depressed. Is this really necessary? Various rationales are being put forth to justify violent interventions in forests that …