National Forests

The Forest Service seems stuck in a love-hate relationship with its recreational users, as it simultaneously maintains trails and wilderness status in some areas while conducting controversial timber sales in others.  Despite these issues, the agency is rarely commended for managing several hundred thousand acres in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia that otherwise would have been open for development long ago.

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Dawn, Cherohala Skyway, Nantahala NF, NC, 1999

Natural catawba rhododendron gardens, Roan Mountain, Pisgah NF, NC, 1999

Looking Glass Falls, Pisgah NF, NC, 1998

Whitewater Falls, Nantahala NF, NC, 1999

Evening light below Coontree Gap, Pisgah NF, NC, 1997

Fritillaries on clover, Cantrell Creek, South Mills River Trail, Pisgah NF, NC, 1999

Little Andy Creek, Pisgah NF, NC, 1997
Moonrise along Art Loeb Trail, Shining Rock Wilderness, Pisgah NF, NC, 1998 Linville Gorge from Sitting Bear Mountain, Pisgah NF, 2000 Pilot Rock, Pisgah NF, NC, 1998 Reflection pool, West Fork Pigeon River valley, Pisgah NF, NC, 1994

Moore Cove Falls, Pisgah NF, NC, 1994

Whiteside Mountain, Nantahala NF, NC, 1997

Whitetop Mountain from Mount Rogers area, Jefferson NF, NC, 1997

Canoeing on the Tuckaseegee River, Nantahala NF area, NC, 1992

 

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