PITTSBURG — It was a friendly crowd of more than 100 who came out to the Pittsburg Ridge Runners clubhouse Thursday night to hear from the new owners of the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract on what their plans are for the 146,400 acre tract.
From logging plans, to carbon capture, road maintenance to taxes and the potential for expanded ATV use, representatives of the company which just closed on the state’s largest land tract came with answers and they were thanked for their approach and information.
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