Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service presented four possible alternatives to be implemented into the next Forest Plan governing management of the White Mountain National Forest. The proposals were presented in a meeting Thursday night at the Edward Fenn Elementary School.
Each alternative had a different approach as to how to restructure the different zones, which were based on the comments and input gathered in May’s round of meetings with the public. Those concerns were ...
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