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43604
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A Pisgah National Forest tree is chosen for national display at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. during the 2022 Christmas season.
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39403
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A new education and outreach program has begun at Pisgah National Forest called River Rangers. Currently the forest is seeing more visitors than ever. The River Rangers program aims to inform visitors for reducing habitat disturbances for endangered species in the forest. O particular concern is the hellbender salamander.
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2005
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Logging interests and conservation groups dispute the best way to manage over a million acres of Western North Carolina's Pisgah and Nantahala National forests.
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34722
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Approximately half of the public hunting land in North Carolina is located in Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests in western NC. However, since the 1990’s, there has been a drastic decline in animal species in this area, leading hunters and fishermen to voice their conservation concerns with the U.S. Forest Service. The Brushy Ridge project has allowed for conversations to be held between several stakeholder groups to determine the best conservation strategies to repair the damage to these national forests
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 81 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 2017,
p30-35, il, por, map
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38254
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Benton MacKaye’s efforts to beautify the area blighted by excessive lumbering and erosion generated the creation of a trail that today covers 2,000 miles and runs through fourteen states. The alliance of volunteer hiking clubs and what became known as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy yielded the trail completed in 1937. Today, groups such as the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy help to upkeep the trails and surround region, along with minimizing activities like logging and development.
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Appalachian Trail--North Carolina ; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.); Pisgah National Forest; Nantahala National Forest; MacKaye, Benton, 1879-1975; Appalachian Trail Conservancy; Appalachian Balds; U.S. Forest Service ; Appalachian Balds--Jane Bald; Appalachian Balds--Big Bald; Appalachian Balds--Round Bald; Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy; Hiking--Appalachian Trail; Hikers
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36410
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The author talks about the Biltmore Forest School, the first Forestry School in America. It was started on George Vanderbilt’s property in Pisgah Forest.
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23770
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Art Loeb's love for hiking in Western North Carolina was the driving force behind the dedication of a 30 mile footpath bisected by the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Art Loeb Trail.
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23819
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The author discusses his experience mountain biking on a unicycle in Pisgah National Forest.
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22791
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Canyoneering is a popular activity in the western United States, but in the past decade, Joe Moerschbaecher, has developed a Brevard-based adventure guiding company that specializes in the sport. Pura Vida Adventures offers a unique experience for the adventurous tourist in the heart of North Carolina waterfall and gorge country.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 8, January 2015,
p142-146, il, por, map
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