Western North Carolina is home to multiple national forests, which see thousands of visitors every year. The forests are popular destinations for students looking to hike, camp or just enjoy the views the mountains have to offer. Over the years, some of our most beloved trees in these forests have begun to die under the […]
Students get involved with national forest revisions
April 4, 2013 by
Students in David Henderson’s America’s Wilderness Ethics and Aesthetics class had the chance to experience a real world problem-solution environment. Ten students from Henderson’s class piled into two vans and traveled to Brevard for the Pisgah Ranger District meeting. The meeting takes place in a series of Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest meetings set to revise the […]
Public meetings to discuss future of Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests
March 20, 2013 by
Almost 170 community members attended the March 18 meeting at the Transylvania County Public Library to discuss the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests Land Management Plan revisions. The meeting is the next-to-last in a series of six taking place in each of the Nantahala-Pisgah Ranger Districts. Each meeting is open to the public and goes from 6 […]
