LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) – Concerns that the North Country’s logging industry is growing too quickly and eventually could cripple itself have prompted calls from some lawmakers for tighter restrictions.

This year’s logging plans call for sharp increases, threatening the industry’s future health, state Rep. Fred King, R-Colebrook.

County forester Sam Stoddard said he feared tough anti-clearcutting laws in Maine were leading loggers to look for a “liquidation harvest” in New Hampshire. Others called that concern unfounded.