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More N . C. trees cut than grew wysiwyg://3 /http : //www. charlotte. com/0718timber.htm <br /> oil <br /> charlotte . com ONEThat' s Racin ' - Yellow Pages - Entertainment - Travel - Community �' 3 <br /> Local Guide - Weather - S orts - Health ONE Careers - Real Estate - cars . com - Classifieds <br /> i <br /> a <br /> . r <br /> Posted at 10 :49 p . m . EDT Tuesday, July 17, 2001 <br /> ` E - mail this story to a friend <br /> i - <br /> f <br /> More N . C . trees cut than grew <br /> • I Storms, development blamed as region 's forests shrink <br /> Front Page <br /> Local News By BRUCE HENDERSON <br /> Schools <br /> Mecklenburg ' <br /> Gaston ` Harvests in southeastern North Carolina outpaced tree growth during <br /> York the 1990s , reversing a trend at least 25 years old, says the first <br /> Cab <br /> arrus inventory of N . C . forests in more than a decade . <br /> Catawba <br /> IredelI <br /> Union The report adds definition to a debate in North Carolina and the South, <br /> Obituaries the nation' s leading timber-producing region, over whether forests are <br /> being appropriately managed . <br /> A section <br /> ` Demand for paper and lumber threatens clean water, wildlife and <br /> Natlonll II . ; t1. p P <br /> 0. 1lnion ' scenic vistas , say industry critics who are pressing for stronger state <br /> Siers cartoon oversight . <br /> Observer Forum ! <br /> BUSINESSa '. mile Industry officials say a greater concern is that development will gobble <br /> Business . News up timberland . The southern coastal plain had a net loss of 187 , 000 <br /> Business Update 'N acres of timber in the 1990s . <br /> Business _ Monday . <br /> Click <br /> Indust! y news Forestry officials said hurricanes that lashed the southeast region, <br /> Stock .Qu 'otes felling trees and reducing net growth, accounted for the <br /> Mortgage Rates growth-removal change . Losses of pine trees doubled over the decade , <br /> Tax value tsearch while hardwood losses rose by two -thirds . <br /> Todav' s Stories " Frankly, it was much more encouraging than I expected, " said Bob <br /> Message Boards s Slocum of the N . C . Forestry Association , <br /> That' s Racin ' <br /> Panthers/NFU ; <br /> Hornets/ NBAMENEEMENED . Environmental groups said the numbers show North Carolina is <br /> Outdoors cutting too many trees . " If this is any sign of things to come , the <br /> t : III numbers are much worse than we expected, " said Dan Whittle of <br /> Environmental Defense . <br /> Living <br /> Health <br /> Food Environmental Defense and other groups called for changes in state <br />