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In Western North Carolina, the rainforest includes Pisgah National Forest, Nantahala National Forest, Gorges State Park, DuPont State Forest, Mount Mitchell State Park, and Chimney Rock State Park and towns part of the rainforest include but are not limited to places such as Asheville, Waynesville, Sylva, Maggie Valley, Balsam, Brevard, Rosman ...
The forest had initially spanned over Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. However, in 1936, the forest was reorganized to follow the state boundaries of North Carolina. Several areas of old-growth forest have been identified in the Nantahala National Forest, totaling some 30,800 acres (125 km 2). [8]
The Pisgah National Forest is completely contained within the state of North Carolina. The forest is managed together with the other three North Carolina National Forests (Croatan, Nantahala, and Uwharrie) from common headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina. There are local ranger district offices located in Pisgah Forest, Mars Hill, and Nebo.
Temperate rainforest extends through the Appalachian areas of western North Carolina, [9] southeastern Kentucky, [10] southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee, [11] northern South Carolina, [12] and northern Georgia. [13] Red spruce and Fraser fir are dominant canopy trees in high mountain areas.
The State of North Carolina has a group of twelve protected areas known as State Forests which are managed by the North Carolina Forest Service, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
Tennessee, North Carolina: June 14, 1920: 656,394 acres (2,656.3 km 2) Cherokee National Forest has eleven wilderness areas, three large lakes, and over 600 mi (970 km) of trails, including 150 mi (240 km) of the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. There are 43 mammal species, 154 fish species, 55 amphibian species, and 262 bird ...
Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, c. 2000 [1]. In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]