SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For decades, the U.S. Forest Service’s practice of putting out wildfires was a huge success. But the policy backfired, setting the stage for the massive
Shannon Brennan
Special to The News & Advance
As sunlight sifted through the treetops onto the forest floor, a dozen hikers stopped to look up at the yellow-bellied sapsuckers courting above.
This stretch of land in the George Washington National Forest in Amherst County is slated to be slashed to the ground, taking countless life forms above and below the soil for a relatively small amount of timber on this particular mountaintop.
The U.S. Forest Service says the logging will provide early successional forest, which includes herbs, shrubs and small trees as the forest regenerates after cutting. Several species rely on this type of forest for their food and habitat.
Apr 5, 2021
H. Scott Ray
WINCHESTER, Ky. â The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service has named H. Scott Ray the Forest Supervisor of the Daniel Boone National Forest.
Ray has been the Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Daniel Boone National Forest for the last four years and has been serving as acting Forest Supervisor there since December 2020. In his new position, he will oversee 709,000 acres spread across 21 counties in Eastern Kentucky from the Forest Supervisorâs office in Winchester, Kentucky.
âThe Daniel Boone National Forest is truly a special place and I am honored to have this opportunity. I am excited to continue to work with all the incredible employees, partners, and volunteers that help steward this wonderful forest,â said Ray.
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