NJ officials wipe out forest trying to save American woodcock birdBy Natalie O'Neill
March 15, 2023
They missed the forest for the trees.
New Jersey state officials tried to create a new wildlife habitat to help the American woodcock population thrive — and wound up clear-cutting thousands of trees, according to a report.
The project wiped out 21 acres of forest, destroyed two rare plant species and damaged wetlands in an effort to create an open, meadow-like space for the struggling bird near Glassboro, NJ Spotlight News said.
“It is not forestry; it’s land clearing,’’ Emil DeVito of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation said, according to the site.
“This is a pristine intact core forest. We are supposed to be protecting those places.’’
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/nj-officials-wipe-out-forest-trying-to-save-american-woodcock/
