Ohio Plans to Clear Pines From Mohican to Make Way for Native Species

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Ohio Plans to Clear Pines From Mohican to Make Way for Native Species

Ideastream Public Media | By Brooke Forrest,

Lydia Taylor

Published September 19, 2017 at 8:11 PM EDT

has come up with a plan to cut down some trees in Mohican-Memorial State Forest in order to allow others to grow.

Before it was a state forest, farmers had planted pine trees in rows. Forest Manager Chad Sanders that prevents several native species from growing.

鈥淓very year, and by thinning, you are increasing the sunlight that comes down into the forest and native hardwood trees come up. We鈥檙e trying to promote this idea of restoration, that you鈥檙e restoring these farm fields that were planted in pine to more of a natural native hardwood band.鈥�

Sanders says they plan work on 20 to 48 acres every year. He says the whole project could take decades.

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Brooke Forrest

Brooke is a senior journalism major and photojournalism minor. She has experience in photography, multimedia, print, radio and visual journalism. She has worked with Kent State student media including The Kent Stater and KentWired. She is a disc jockey and the former web director for Black Squirrel Radio. She is currently the general manager of Black Squirrel Radio.

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Lydia Taylor

Lydia Taylor is a news intern for WKSU. She is a junior multimedia journalism major at Kent State University with experience in print and visual journalism. She is currently working towards a Bachelor鈥檚 Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Taylor works for Kent State Student Media in The Kent Stater and KentWired. She is currently an assigning editor and a reporter in the Kent State University Student Media Newsroom for the spring semester.

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