Dixie National Forest, conservation group talk turkey

Dixie National Forest, conservation group talk turkey

By Mark Havnes
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Sep 19, 2011 10:17AM MDT

Cedar City • Dixie National Forest is going to allow the National Wild Turkey Federation to cut timber commercially and use any proceeds to help improve forest lands.
Kenton Call, spokesman for the forest located in southern Utah, said the agreement will create the largest stewardship program undertaken by the forest and the turkey federation, one of the largest in the country.
Call said the turkey federation, based in South Carolina, will be able to haul out timber on nearly 2,000 acres in an a...

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