Chippewa Forest should be able to increase timber for harvest

Brad Swenson

Bemidji Pioneer

The Chippewa National Forest should be able to up its allowable timber for harvest, after it will share $2 million more in federal funds with the Superior National Forest.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture added $2 million to the pot for forest management on the Superior and Chippewa National Forests, U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., said Friday.

The extra funds are over what was initially projected. Total forest management funding for fiscal 2008 for the two forests will now be $11.794 million, Coleman said.