Future of the Forests

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06/2020

A hiker marvels at Douglas Falls in the Big Ivy section of Pisgah National Forest.

Sliding Rock is one of the most popular recreational attractions in Pisgah National Forest.

Gifford Pinchot was an early advocate of practicing scientific forestry in WNC and around the nation; in 1905, he became the first chief of the new United States Forest Service.

Forest Service surveyors scope out a road project in the mid 1960s.

Pisgah, established in 1916, was one of the first national forests in the eastern US.

A Forest Service bridge above Sunburst Falls in Pisgah National Forest.

Patrick Scott, a Forest Service fire management officer, inspects timber at a sale in the North Mills Area of Pisgah National Forest.

A gathering of members of the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Partnership, which has helped craft the planning process.

Volunteers clear horseback riding trails.

A view from Glen Falls in Nantahala National Forest. Established in 1920, it encompasses more than half a million acres.

Forest Service silviculturist Rachel Biggs surveys the North Mills Area in Pisgah National Forest

Mountain biking in Pisgah

Fishing near Pisgah’s Davidson River Campground

Dry Falls in Macon County, one of Nantahala National Forest’s renowned scenic spots

Wild ramps, an onion-like plant long harvested by Native Americans (and more recent arrivals), are among the nontimber forest products found in the two national forests.

The view from the top of Craggy Gardens Pinnacle Trail in Pisgah National Forest

RESOURCES:

Photographs by Shutterstock/Jadimages, Mason Cummings, The Wilderness Society, shutterstock/Kevin Ruck, shutterstock/ Shlomit Koslowe, shutterstock/Keith Briley Photography, Cecilio Ricardo, courtesy of the US Forest Service, Forest History Society, Library of Congress, map illustration by Ansley Engwall

ISSUE DATE:

Summer 2020

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Future of the Forests

Future of the Forests

Future of the Forests