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Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:50 PM Jun 2014

Corbett's designation of forest as insect area questioned

"The Forest Service and Corbett administration worked behind closed doors with the timber industry to decide how much of the Allegheny National Forest should be designated as 'insect and disease treatment areas,' " said Peter Wray, conservation chair of the Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club. "The Allegheny is a national forest and Gov. Corbett and the timber industry should not be allowed to drown out the voices of citizens who have an equal right to guide the management of the Allegheny."

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