Daily Archives: August 21, 2011

Diverse recreation opportunities Cherokee National Forest’s calling card

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by Morgan Simmons; Knoxville News Sentinel; 8/21/2011
Excerpt:  “On any given weekend during the spring, summer and fall U.S. Highway 64 through the Ocoee River gorge is packed with vehicles with kayaks and mountain bikes strapped to the roof racks.
Commercial rafting customers arrive at the put-ins by the bus load, and when the Tennessee Valley Authority turns off the whitewater during the week, the crowds converge on the upper Ocoee to picnic and swim at the Ocoee Whitewater Center, a $25 million facility built for the 1996 Olympic slalom races…..”

To read more go to  http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/aug/21/diverse-recreation-opportunities-cherokee-card/

USDA’s Sherman discusses forest transition in Juneau

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Juneau Empire; 8/21/2011
Excerpt:  “A ranking U.S. Department of Agriculture official made his third trip to Alaska this week as the federal government prepares to transition the Tongass National Forest into its second-growth management plan. Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Harris Sherman was off to a busy start on Saturday, holding meetings with various entities that have stakes in the forest’s future. ”
To read more go to:  http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-08-20/usda%E2%80%99s-sherman-discusses-forest-transition-juneau#.TlD22qiDzS4

National Forests: a treasure, a resource and a battleground

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Everett Daily News; 8/21/2011
Excerpt:  “From the top of Green Mountain, the view is spectacular in every direction, with miles of forest land stretching beyond peak after craggy peak.
Except for the occasional sound of an airplane or the wind in the trees, it’s quiet on the mountain. And lonesome. Few have visited Green Mountain since floods washed out access to a trail that leads to a forest fire lookout at the summit.
But the mountain is the focus of the latest noisy skirmish over Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and, in a sense, the U.S. Forest Service….”

To read more go to   http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110821/NEWS01/708219945