Record #:

8890

Author(s):

Stephenson, Mary P.

Abstract:

The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is 3,800 acres of forest lying in Graham County. This ageless forest, the last virgin forest on the East Coast, has never been touched by an axe and will remain so. It was dedicated in 1936 to the American soldier-poet, Joyce Kilmer, who wrote the famous poem “Trees,\" and was later killed in World War I on July 30, 1918. Stephenson discusses what the future may be for the forest, how proposed additional roads will affect it, and what the public's responsibility is in maintaining it as Nature intended.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 35 Issue 9, Sept 1971, p4-6, il

Subject(s):

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest (N.C.); Old growth forests--Graham County