hillsidedigger
07-25-2007, 22:13
Catawba Falls - A Small Victory:
“Hikers wanting a peek at Catawba Falls will soon be met by an open trail instead of a “No trespassing” sign.
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina recently purchased 23 acres that will provide access to the falls, which are part of the Pisgah National Forest. The conservancy , a nonprofit organization, is now in the process of raising the public and private money necessary for the U.S. Forest Service to purchase the property, according to a press release."
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352123977&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099 (http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352123977&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099)
Hillsidedigger note: A picture of Catawba Falls was included in the Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in 1902 to President Theodore Roosevelt proposing the establishment of a forest reserve system in the Eastern U.S., the falls was acquired about 20 years ago and now 105 years later, access is acquired (there was another way, parking behind the guardrail of I-40 and walking around the the mountain).
“Hikers wanting a peek at Catawba Falls will soon be met by an open trail instead of a “No trespassing” sign.
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina recently purchased 23 acres that will provide access to the falls, which are part of the Pisgah National Forest. The conservancy , a nonprofit organization, is now in the process of raising the public and private money necessary for the U.S. Forest Service to purchase the property, according to a press release."
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352123977&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099 (http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173352123977&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099)
Hillsidedigger note: A picture of Catawba Falls was included in the Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in 1902 to President Theodore Roosevelt proposing the establishment of a forest reserve system in the Eastern U.S., the falls was acquired about 20 years ago and now 105 years later, access is acquired (there was another way, parking behind the guardrail of I-40 and walking around the the mountain).