GORHAM — The Gorham Town Forest Committee met by Zoom on May 17 to formally accept the Forest Stewardship Plan for the Tinker Brook tract nearly a year after the plan was completed by town forester Haven Neal.
Having such a plan prepared and accepted was one of the requirements of adding the 2,020-acre tract to the existing Paul T. Doherty Town Forest, enlarging it to 5,666 acres.
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