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The Nantahala National Forest (/ ˌnæntəˈheɪlə /) is the largest of the four national forests in North Carolina, lying in the mountains and valleys of western North Carolina. The Nantahala is the second wettest region in the country, after the Pacific Northwest. Due to its environmental importance and historical ties with the Cherokee, the ...
More: US Forest Service scraps plan to log 15-acre Nantahala National Forest area after lawsuit More: Opinion: US Forest Service new Nantahala-Pisgah plan does not protect old-growth forests ...
Whitewater Falls in the Nantahala National Forest is seen here in a 2018 Citizen Times file photo. A coalition of five conservation organizations have sued the U.S. Forest Service, alleging the ...
September 3, 2024 at 5:06 AM. ASHEVILLE - Picking ginseng in the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests is still off limits this year. The U.S. Forest Service said that its pause on issuing permits ...
Nantahala River. Nantahala Bridge, showing the high water level even in late summer (September). The Nantahala River (/ ˌnæntəˈheɪlə /) [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. Two-lane U.S. Highway 19 / 74 runs along the river ...
The Southern Nantahala Wilderness was designated in 1984 and currently consists of 23,473 acres (94.99 km 2). Approximately 11,770 acres (47.6 km 2 ) are located in Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest and approximately 11,703 acres (47.36 km 2 ) are located in North Carolina in the Nantahala National Forest .
After a lawsuit brought by regional conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service dropped plans to log 15 acres in Nantahala National Forest.
US. State. Scenic. 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.