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Since you know about Black Mountain campground you likely know that NC Highway 80 from Marion or Burnsville will take you to South Toe River Road and the level 3 miles at 3300', very little snow, to...

Just up at the top of the first hill Northeast of Carver's Gap which is the NC-TN stateline and not more than 30' South of the trail about 18 years ago I noticed some old scratching on the face of a...

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811190327

http://www.appalachian.org/whatsnew/events.htm

http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/12_07/12_19_07/op_disappearing_fringes.html

Yeh. I walked from the Parkway down to the Montreat gate and back one day back in 1978.

For the record:

Except on a families own property, I think ATV use should be conducted by no one without a valid driver's license and should be nearly completely banned from public wild lands.

Link for previous post:

http://media.www.dailyutahchronicle.com/media/storage/paper244/news/2007/11/09/Opinion/Let-The.Public.Use.The.Land-3091110.shtml

"Contrary to popular belief, responsible off-roading makes a very small impact, even less so than hikers. Hikers spend more time in the wilderness, impacting it much more heavily than a day's worth...

Its curious you should mention that major highway in the 70's there, Sherrill.

I do not know if you are referring to the logging road constructed by the USFS or the road started by a developer...

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...

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2931202&page=1

Earth Day approaches, and with it a grave danger faces mankind. The danger is not from acid rain, global warming, smog, or the logging of rain forests, as environmentalists would have us believe. The...

Accurately measuring distances in rugged terrain is an expensive undertaking so to save money I guess they often have just 'guessed at it'.

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This picture is taken from near the top of Mount Mitchell State...

Are federal roadless areas off-limits to people?
“The worst possible thing to do now is to install gates, close trails, remove recreation facilities, and declare 192 million acres of forest service...

I couldn't disagree more:

By Henry Lamb

March 03, 2007 "Government - at every level - is addicted to land acquisition. Local, state, and the federal governments are buying up land as if the...

Only mental pics.

i was working outside and kept an eye to the east after the sunset. Cool.

I'm about 20 miles (as a crow flies) southeast from Big Grassy Ridge in the Roan Highlands.

The week of Thanksgiving, 1977, I solo walked from western shores of Hood Canal up a gated road into Olympic National Park, reached an elevation of 3,000 some feet and a fresh snow depth of about 5',...

Well, I have not done a thru-hike and likely will not

but, being self-employed with no employees, I commonly take off many weeks at a time for gardening, trips and shorter long hikes.

I agree that private land trusts are just fine

but short of an invasion and conquest by the Chinese or Mexicans, I cannot imagine America's public lands being sold-out, in fact should grow to a...

http://www.wilderness.org/NewsRoom/Release/20070205.cfm

Link still doesn't work, so here's part of the article:

More than 250 acres of national forest land in McDowell County would be for sale under a plan proposed by President Bush.
It’s the second...

Another try at the link, I still haven't figured out how to edit here:

http://www.mcdowellnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MMN/MGArticle/MMN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle