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| Free Clear-cutting was ‘forest management' |
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2006/7/31
The clear-cutting of trees without a permit on a nearly 30-acre site in Carolina Shores' extraterritorial jurisdiction was a forest management activity, a consultant for the property said this week.
Because the felling of loblolly pines on the 29.8-acre site on Calabash Road near U.S. 17 falls under forest management, it is regulated by the state and is immune to the town's new tree ordinance, says Charles L. Tate of Lake Waccamaw, a real estate broker and “consulting forester” for the site known as the Mitchell heirs tract.
Residents in the adjacent Carolina Shores North neighborhood have expressed concern about the clear-cutting in addition to other work going on in the area.
Gary DeNobrega, president of the Carolina Shores North Property Owners Association, said residents are skeptical the clear-cutting was done for “forest management” and without future development in mind.
DeNobrega complained the recent tree-felling, along with the installation of storage buildings at the adjacent Carolina Business Park has destroyed buffer zones around the neighborhood.
“We want to protect the interest of our property,” DeNobrega said. “We don't want our property to devaluate. We're trying to pursue some avenue.”
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| Source:http://www.brunswickbeacon.com |
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