Posted 6:11 PM 5/9/2012 : School Board Moves Forward with Controversial Contract to Harvest Cypress Trees
A St. Martin Parish School Board contract to harvest cypress trees in the Atchafalaya Basin is under fire. The board agreed to sell its timber rights for $98,500 to Good Hope Inc. earlier this year. The school board owns 640 acres in the basin and it plans to allow timber harvesting on 450 of