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Over 92 percent want more protections for Pisgah
The Forest Service is completing a long-term plan that will decide how much of the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest is cut and how much is protected over the next three decades. Over 22,000 public comments on the plan have flooded the Forest Service, and over 92 percent of the comments support more protected areas. The deluge…
Read MoreForest Service postpones plan release, citing deluge of public comments
Over 22,000 public comments on the Pisgah-Nantahala Forest Plan have flooded the Forest Service. Over 92 percent of the comments support more protected areas. The 1.1-million-acre Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest is the second-most-popular national forest in the country, so it’s not entirely surprising that it has elicited so much public feedback. As a result, the Forest…
Read MoreKids’ Video Selected for Boone Film Festival
The Boone Film Festival has selected Speaking for Trees, the 10-minute video written and produced by I HEART PISGAH kids about protecting the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest. The film will be screened at the film festival next month and was selected for both the Youth Film category and the Environmental Film category. Kids from four-years-old to…
Read MoreOver 100 Kids Spoke. Is the Forest Service Listening?
Over 100 kids sang, spoke, danced, drew chalk art, made signs, ate ice cream, and helped protect Pisgah at the Kids’ Rally for the Forest yesterday. Everyone from toddlers to teenagers spoke on stage before a big crowd, describing why they loved the forest and wanted to see it protected. Many others asked questions and…
Read MoreYouth Speak for the Trees
This fall, the Forest Service is completing a 30-year plan that will decide how much of the forest is cut and how much is protected. Young people will be most affected by this 30-year plan, but their voices have not been included so far. Our children will be inheriting the forest and the decisions made…
Read MorePlaces We Are Fighting For: The Craggies
You already know that Buncombe County is the most populous and developed county in Western North Carolina. But you probably didn’t know that it’s also home to one of the largest old-growth forests in the East. The Craggies—a section of Pisgah National Forest in the northeast corner of Buncombe County near Barnardsville—is one of the…
Read MoreOver 92 percent want more protections for Pisgah
The results are in. Over 22,000 comments have flooded the Forest Service as it prepares to release a 20-year management plan for the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest. This plan will decide how much forest will be cut and how much will be protected. Over 92 percent of the comments support stronger protections for the forest. The…
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