November 15, 2017 06:22 am PST
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Conservationists offer $150K to buy a forest, government sells it to loggers for $40K less
Indianas Yellowwood State Forest is a scenic forest that Indiana's Department of Natural Resources put up for sale. But after conservationists gathered $150,000 to preserve the forest for another 100 years, the government sold it to a local logging company for $108,785. (more…)
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