Actually, just found this.. Ouch. They are removing some good trees too but wow to the amount of trees down just in that area. Gees. Being sold to Canadian saw mill.
Last Of Trees Damaged By Sandy Being Cleared In Easton | The Weston Easton Daily Voice
EASTON, Conn. – In what may be Easton's final Hurricane Sandy clean-up effort, a
half million board feet of downed pine trees on Route 58 is being removed by Carl Clavette Logging.
"Eighty five percent of the pine trees in the Centennial Watershed State Forest blew over in the storm and a controlled salvage cut of this type will allow the forest to naturally regenerate itself
Removing the trees,
including some standing trees, also reduces the threat of traffic obstruction.
"There are trees close to the road and it's necessary to remove them to prevent danger," Haines said. "Old trees damaged by wind will be blown over by the next good wind, and it's too dangerous to leave them by the road."
The trees are being cut and stacked and will be sold to a Canadian saw mill.
“No American mill bid and over 70 tractor loads have headed to the mill so far,”
“There’s plenty of seed in the ground to germinate new trees," he said, "which will produce a valuable young forest habitat that is lacking in Connecticut.”
Cynthia Fowx, a Nature Conservancy representative, said removing the downed trees reduces the threat of fires and problems with insects and disease outbreak.
She said no new pine trees will be planted because there are sufficient pine cones to facilitate a natural regeneration. She said new growth will include black birch, sugar maple and hickory oak trees.
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