New plan for forest land promotes diversity in trees

A moose in the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Essex County. File photo by David Govatski/USFWS via Flickr
The forests of the Nulhegan Basin in northern Essex County, heavily logged for 150 years, will be managed with an eye toward growing healthy forests that will sustain wildlife, support recreation, and still produce some income from the sale of forestry products, according to the draft habitat management plan for the Nulhegan Basin publishe