Dead and dying Douglas fir trees are being removed from the Ashland watershed with a helicopter. Earlier this year, Ashland City Council approved a $1.4 million project aimed at reducing wildfire fuels in city-owned forestland.
The United States Forest Service (USFS) asks that the public avoid the Gum Cabin Timber Sale area of the Monongahela National Forest, northeast of Bartow in Pocahontas County, while officials work on helicopter logging operations.