The agreement, approved last night by Bethlehem City Council, will protect 22,000 acres of forest in the watershed that provides drinking water to Bethlehem and surrounding communities. Acting on a unanimous approval vote by the Bethlehem Authority Board, City Council agreed to join the Conservancy’s Working Woodlands program, which provides forest landowners with a rigorous analysis of their property and access to forest certification and carbon markets, in exchange for a commitment to practice sustainable forestry.

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