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Springdale Utility's Forest Management Meant to Help Environment (AR)

from Arkansas Democrat Gazette, June 29, 2020

Springdale Utility's Forest Management Meant to Help Environment (AR) Arkansas Democrat Gazette, June 29, 2020 Huge trunks of walnut, oak and a few cherry trees lay next to the skidder covered with mud. Loggers have been pulling cut trees out of forest land in semirural northwest Springdale. The 100 acres owned by Springdale Water Utilities still provided great shade on a late spring afternoon. Two barred owls called back and forth as if in an argument. The municipal utility started a forest management project in early spring. The sale of the wood to worldwide markets has brought some extra money to the department, which the utility will use to continue and expand the program, said Heath Ward, utilities executive director. READ MORE

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