Maine Woods Coalition
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Forest Service getting ready to create more wilderness
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Associated Press - July 16, 2007 8:45 AM ET

GLASTENBURY, Vt. (AP) - The USFS is preparing to remove five miles of roads...as part of the plan to create an additional 42,000 acres of wilderness in the Green Mountain National Forest.

Forest Service Wilderness Coordinator Scott Haas says officials are going to talk to the 18 towns that will host new wilderness to make sure everybody understands.

The wilderness designation means there can be no motorized activity or logging....

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