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The Mountain Waters Scenic Byway is a 64.5-mile (103.8 km) National Forest Scenic Byway that traverses through the Nantahala National Forest, in Western North Carolina. It features two river gorges, hardwood forests and countryside vistas.
The Nantahala Ranger District is the largest of the forest's districts, covering an area of about 250,000 acres (390.6 sq. mi.; 1,011.7 km 2) in Macon, Jackson and Swain counties. It was formed in 2007 by consolidating the former Highlands Ranger District and Wayah Ranger [ 11 ] District.
The forest service would decommission, re-contour, stabilize slopes and restore vegetation for temporary roads as necessary. She said timber harvesting was part of the service's "holistic ...
Playboater on the Nantahala River Mist in Nantahala Gorge, where cold water is released from the dam. The Nantahala River (/ ˌ n æ n t ə ˈ h eɪ l ə /) [5] is a river in western North Carolina in the United States, within the Nantahala National Forest, and near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
But recent Forest Service decisions, including Southside and the new Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan, have taken illegal shortcuts in order to move forward with projects that put endangered wildlife ...
Idaho also has the greatest percent of its land in national forests, with 38.2 percent, followed by Oregon (24.7 percent) and Colorado (20.9 percent). On maps, national forests in the west generally show the true extent of their area, but those in the east often only show purchase districts, within which usually only a minority of the land is ...
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The Wilderness is managed by the United States Forest Service and is part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The highest elevation in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness is the 5,499-foot (1,676 m) peak of Standing Indian Mountain in North Carolina and the lowest elevation is approximately 2,400 feet (730 m).