A controversy over the fate of a number of old growth white pine
trees in a portion of the Finger Lakes National Forest arose recently with the designation of these trees as part of a timber
sale.
Neighbors of the forest, including professional ecological forester Mike
DeMunn and members of a group called Forest Watch, have been trying to work with the Forest Service for years to incorporate
values that will protect more of the Forest's old trees and limit activities that might damage the forest.
Susan Wiener, a neighbor of these woods, shows one old pine's scale.
Mike DeMunn recently put out an alert that galvanized a huge response
through emails and phone calls to the Finger Lakes National Forest office in Hector.
On October 26, Mike and others met with Finger Lakes National Forest
officials in the woods to discuss the situation.
Find out what happened!
Read Mike DeMunn's alert.
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