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The Nature Conservancy has announced plans to demonstrate sustainable forestry practices while protecting and restoring freshwater mussel sites along the Clinch River. The conservancy plans to establish "demonstration forests" on two tracts - 164 acres in Russell County near St. Paul and 550 acres at Cedar Bluff - the group recently acquired from Holbrook Land Management and Clinch Valley Farms Trust. Both properties will be managed as part of The Nature Conservancy's Conservation Forestry program, according to an Oct. 2 news release from the organization. Under the program's guidelines, the conservancy will carefully harvest timber from the sites using methods...