LAONA - A local timber business started cutting trees in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest earlier in March as part of a new stewardship agreement between the National Forest and Sustainable Resources Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization.
SRI has sold some timber from the National Forest to Connor Forest Management, LLC, and SRI will use money made from the sale to fund National Forest maintenance.
This agreement is a result of the 2014 Farm Bill, which provides permanent stewardship authority to the USDA Forest Service. Basically, agreement allows forest services to sell timber and use the money to help preserve their forest.
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