/tags/nantahala-national-forest Nantahala National Forest en-US Copyright Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:03:16 GMT /environment/2025-01-16/conservation-amendment-forest-plan-helene-nantahala After Helene's catastrophic damage in western North Carolina, conservation groups say an amendment to the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan will help recovery efforts moving forward. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:03:16 GMT /environment/2025-01-16/conservation-amendment-forest-plan-helene-nantahala Celeste Gracia /2024-09-04/ginseng-digging-ban-extended-in-pisgah-and-nantahala-forests Officials say it could be a decade before harvesters can return for the threatened medicinal plant. Wed, 04 Sep 2024 14:00:22 GMT /2024-09-04/ginseng-digging-ban-extended-in-pisgah-and-nantahala-forests Katie Myers /environment/2024-05-08/conservation-lawsuit-forest-service-pisgah-nantahala Conservation groups are suing the Forest Service over allegedly using misleading data to justify large logging projects in the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest. Two other recently filed lawsuits take issue with proposed projects. Wed, 08 May 2024 14:59:38 GMT /environment/2024-05-08/conservation-lawsuit-forest-service-pisgah-nantahala Celeste Gracia /environment/2024-02-13/conservation-groups-sue-forest-service-proposed-logging-project-nantahala-national-forest The lawsuit filed in federal court argues the proposed Southside timber project violates federal law. The area slated for logging is near the Whitewater River in the Nantahala National Forest. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:24:11 GMT /environment/2024-02-13/conservation-groups-sue-forest-service-proposed-logging-project-nantahala-national-forest Celeste Gracia /environment/2023-06-15/environmental-advocates-want-more-protections-for-old-growth-trees Some environmental advocates say old growth trees in western North Carolina are not protected enough under a new federal land management plan. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:46:19 GMT /environment/2023-06-15/environmental-advocates-want-more-protections-for-old-growth-trees Celeste Gracia /environment/2023-02-22/conservation-criticize-plan-national-forests-western-north-carolina Environmental advocates say the new land management plan from the U.S. Forest Service allows for too much logging in the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests. The new document was released late last week after 10 years of planning. Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:38:35 GMT /environment/2023-02-22/conservation-criticize-plan-national-forests-western-north-carolina Celeste Gracia /politics/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews He personally put up the barricades to keep visitors out in order to protect his mountain hometown from the coronavirus. But James Reid remembers when the… Thu, 07 May 2020 15:58:54 GMT /politics/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews He personally put up the barricades to keep visitors out in order to protect his mountain hometown from the coronavirus. But James Reid remembers when the… Thu, 07 May 2020 15:58:54 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-07/meet-ncs-mayors-james-reid-of-andrews Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /environment/2016-11-11/all-you-see-is-smoke-wildfires-spread-over-western-north-carolina More than 5,000 firefighters have been dispatched to battle wildfires in the Southeast, including more than a dozen blazes burning in western North… Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:25:58 GMT /environment/2016-11-11/all-you-see-is-smoke-wildfires-spread-over-western-north-carolina Will Michaels