SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island is the only New England state that allows logging on public land, and a local group is calling for change.
Nathan Cornell is the president of the Rhode Island Old Growth Society, a group that promotes preserving trees and forests that are more than 100 years old.
In January, former House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi proposed a bill that would ban logging on state land. Cornell is hoping the bill becomes law…