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The public has until April 8 to let its thoughts be known on how to manage a portion of the Green Mountain National Forest around Chittenden and Killington.
Federal officials are set to disclose next month the environmental effects of a proposal to cut down trees on about 11,800 acres of the Green Mountain National Forest — and
Mature and old forests with large trees will sequester and store far more carbon in the next 30 or 50 years, the years most critical for climate mitigation, than a planted, young forest.