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Posted: 3:00 PM Sep 29, 2007 Harvesting Forest in Wisconsin Forest Service to Harvest 55 Acres of Forest in Northern Wisconsin Reporter: Associated Press Email Address: news@wsaw.com

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ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) -- The U-S Forest Service plans to harvest about 55 acres of forest near Mount Valhalla on the Bayfield Peninsula.

Officials want to shift the area of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest from predominantly oak to a mix of oak and white pine -- which was one of the first species to go during the heyday of logging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Earlier this summer the Forest Service conducted a prescribed burn in the area, which is about seven miles west of Washburn.

The burn followed a timber harvest about a year ago, and was meant to reduce the limbs and other brush left behind and provide more open ground for pine plantings.