Letter-to-the Editor: Tarkeeth State Forest

By Susan Weil
Updated August 21 2016 - 6:38pm, first published August 19 2016 - 12:28pm

There are consistent misconceptions in our community about the Tarkeeth State Forest. One of them is that we (forest community & concerned peoples) don't want a single tree cut down (a bit silly for anyone to claim this given our appetite for timber products) and that we are making a big fuss about a plantation whose sole purpose for being there is to provide a consistent supply of quality hardwood products for our community, generating jobs and boosting our local economy. 

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