Honeyman tree clearing under fire (posted in oregon, too)

[nosmokes]

May 29, 2004

Honeyman tree clearing under fire

By Winston Ross 
The Register-Guard
  

FLORENCE - A zealous advocate of Oregon's natural resources, Jessie M. Honeyman saw to it that thousands of acres along the Oregon Coast were spared from development and turned into state parks after she moved here in the late 19th century.

But the park renamed for the philanthropist in 1941 is now under fire for its own handling of natural resources, in the shape of a half-mile-long scar of ripped-out trees and brush.

A local excavator cleared the swath after a state parks engineer cut an improper deal that allowed the contractor to keep all the trees harvested as payment for the job - a value of more than $50,000, parks officials say. The path straddles Highway 101 and is part of a project to build a pedestrian bridge over the busy road to connect both sections of Honeyman State Park.
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this sounds a little fishy to me, and bears keeping an eye on these guys or they'll be giving this 'unnamed' engineer a hall pass.

read the rest here