Finding: old-growth forest logging planned.

A logging plan covers possibly as much as 20 hectares of clearcut on a forest island surrounded by a large treeless fen. The area is situated right next to an old-growth forest protection area and was classified an A-site when the old-growth forest protection program was prepared. A threatened bracket fungus Postia lateritia grows in the forest.

Source of information: field trip, discussions with FPS officials.

Probable buyers of the timber: UPM-Kymmene, StoraEnso.

The forest on the background is planned to be clearcut. A temporary road will be constructed through the fen on the foreground.

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K-2. Iso-Kolkko, Kuhmo
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K-4. Saarijärvi, Suomussalmi
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