Plans to log Salamonie River State Forest and Frances Slocum State Forest has caused a petition to be started to turn the State Forest into a State Park.
WANE-TV is reporting that a meeting about Salamonie River State Forest and Frances Slocum State Forest becoming state parks will be held Wednesday. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is planning to log about one third of mature trees at both, and a couple of organizations are against the plan. Pitching to turn the forests into state parks is their approach to stopping the logging.
The Friends of Salamonie want to move the management back to the State Park and Reservoir Division to protect the trees from being logged. A petition with 871 signatures was given to the Indiana Natural Resources Commission. The Friends of Salamonie would like Salamonie Forest in Wabash County and Slocum Forest in Miami county to be designated as state parks and they want the INRC to help them accomplish that.
The Friends of Salamonie Forest are holding a public meeting at the Aboite Branch of the Allen County Public Library Wednesday night at 6 p.m to plan their next steps.
