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News Releases
Calendar Year 2008
Grandfather Ranger District
Outdoor Update (updated monthly) (250 kb pdf)
Pisgah District Outdoor Update; Winter,
2008-2009 (460
kb pdf)*
Upper Chattooga Recreation Use EA Released
for Public Comment (7/2) (21 kb pdf)*
Sheila Kay Adams to
Perform at Cradle of Forestry Songcatcher Series July 13
Forest
Service Announces Proposed Changes for Upper Tellico Trails
(6/9)
(89 kb pdf)*
Highlands
Residence for Sale; "Invitations for Bid" (Bids to be opened September 30,
2008)
McDowell County Wildfire Update
4/21/08
(86 kb pdf)*
Upper Tellico OHV Area
Reopens April 1st (3/31) (27 kb pdf)*
U.S. Forest Service Plans Controlled
Burn in Transylvania County (3/25) (36 kb pdf)*
Steve Lohr Appointed New
Tusquitee/Cheoah District Ranger (2/18) (76 kb pdf)*
Tina Tilley Appointed New
Appalachian District Ranger (2/13) (77 kb pdf)*
Preventing
Crime on Your National Forests (197 kb pdf color brochure)*
Forest Service
Announces Globe Project Appeal Decision (1/9) (36 kb pdf)*
National Forests in North Carolina Lifts
Campfire Ban (1/3/08) (20 kb pdf)*
Calendar Year 2007
Upper Tellico OHV Area Seasonal
Closure Announced (12/19/07)
FS Announces Emergency
Closure of Three Upper Tellico Trail Bridges (11/9) (19 kb pdf)*
Forest Service Conducts
Condition Surveys on Upper Tellico ORV Area (10/26) (22 kb pdf)*
National Forests in North Carolina Continues
Campfire Ban (10/12)
Forest
Service Issues Globe Project Decision
( 10/04) (107 kb pdf)*
Forest Service
Seeks Comments on Upper Tellico OHV Proposals (09/17/07) (872 kb pdf)
Upper Chattooga River Recreation
Use Preliminary Alternatives Released (09/27/07)
Campfire
Ban Imposed on National Forests in North Carolina (8/23)
FS Requests Input on
Recreation Uses of Upper Chattooga (08/14) (19 kb pdf)
Forest Service to
Host Public Meetings on Upper Chattooga River (7/5/07) (88 kb pdf)*
Linville Fires Update (7/2/07) ( 99 kb pdf)*
Hot Dry Weather Causes Linville Fires to Spread
(6/25/07) (38 kb pdf)
Rains Bring Some Relief to Linville Gorge Firefighters
6 pm 6/15/07
Firefighters Make Progress on Linville Gorge Wildfires
( 6/14/07)
Firefighters Make Progress on Linville Gorge Wildfires
(6/13/07)
Firefighters Continue to Battle Linville Gorge Wildfires
(6/12/07)
Fires Near Linville Gorge
Continue to Burn
(6/11/07)
Lightning Starts
Two New Fires Near Linville Gorge (6/10/07)
Forest Service to
Develop Alternatives for Upper Chattooga Recreation Use
(5/25/07) (95 kb pdf)*
Pinnacle Fire Continues to
Burn In Linville Gorge (4/29) (95 kb pdf)*
Shope Creek Project Open
House Set for April 26th (77 kb pdf)*
Comfort Named Director of
Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association (4/5/07) (121 kb pdf)*
Highlands-Wayah District Consolidation Approved (2/27/07) (106 kb pdf)*
Nantahala/Pisgah NF Proposes Several Recreation Fee Increases (2/12/07) (32
kb pdf)*
Uwharrie NF Proposed Land Management Plan Available for Comment
(2/9/07) (94 kb pdf)*
Uwharrie National
Forest Proposes New Recreation Fees (1/12/07) (26 kb pdf)*
Calendar Year 2006
Lake Powhatan to be Drained
and Dredged (12/15/06) (87 kb pdf)*
Forest Service
Invites Comments on Revised Globe Project (11/17/06) (23 kb pdf)
Forest Service
Chattooga River Visitor Use Capacity Analysis Update (10/27) (28 kb pdf)
Cradle of Forestry Tree
Give Away Day November 4th (33 kb pdf)*
Forest
Service Vehicle Auction in Fletcher, NC
October 26, 2006 (38 kb pdf)*
Burnsville,
Hot Springs & Allen's Gap Residences for Sale (10/27/06)
Tommy Hodges Outdoor Drama at Cradle of
Forestry October 27, 28 (38.6 kb pdf)*
Applications Sought for Recreation
Advisory Committee ( 9/22) ( 134 kb pdf)
Forest Festival Day
at Cradle of Forestry October 7th; 9am to 5 pm (38 kb pdf)
Forest Service Vehicle
Auction in Fletcher, NC September 21st (213 kb pdf)*
Globe Project EA will Include
Additional Alternative (9/6) (106 kb pdf)*
Secure Rural Schools Program: FS Lands Potentially Eligible for Sale
Smokey Bear Birthday Party at Cradle;
11:00 am August 5
Chattooga River Visitor
Use Capacity Analysis Public Meeting Set for July 27th (31 kb pdf)
Update of Bent Creek Facility
Upgrades and Watershed Repairs (6/30) (1.2 mb pdf)*
Cheoah Point and Van Hook Glade
Campgrounds Closed (6/19)
New OHV Safety
Regulations Issued (5/12) (48 kb pdf)*
Educator Workshop on Exotic
Invasive Plants June 28th; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Professional Lumberjack Sports
Event June 24th; 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm (24 kb pdf)
Cradle
Bug Day June 10th; 11 am to 4 pm (22 kb
pdf)
Cradle
Twilight Firefly Tour June 10th; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (18 kb pdf)
New OHV Safety
Regulations Issued (5/12) (48 kb pdf)*
Sycamore Flats
Picnic Area Closed for Repairs (5/11) (58 kb pdf)*
Migratory Bird Workshop
Offered May 13 at Cradle of Forestry (28 kb pdf)*
2006 Schedule of Events at
Cradle of Forestry (46 kb pdf)*
Sycamore Flats Recreation
Area To Be Closed in May for Repairs (4/14) (18 kb pdf)*
Educator Professional
Development Series Offered at Cradle of Forestry (23 kb pdf)*
Woodland Owners Short Course
Offered at Cradle of Forestry (4/3) (22 kb pdf)*
Bullpen Road on Highlands District
to Be Closed for Repairs (4/7/06) (17 kb pdf)*
Uwharrie Plan Public
Meeting Set for May 8th (112 kb pdf)*
Forest Service Proposes New OHV
Safety Rules (3/22/06) (45 kb pdf)*
Chattooga River Data Gathering Techniques Announced (2/3/06)
Bent Creek Repairs and
Improvements Planned (1/25/06) (256 kb pdf)*
Forest Engineer Garners National
Award (1/17/06) (28 kb pdf)*
Updates on Storm Related Road and Recreation
Site Closures
Calendar Year 2005
Joyce Kilmer Trail
Closed for Bridge Repairs (11/17) (49.1 kb pdf)*
Chattooga River
Public Meeting November 17 in Clayton GA (21 kb pdf)*
October
13 Chattooga River Public Meeting Location and Time Changed (10/4) (20
kb pdf)*
Forest Service Vehicle
Auction Set for October 27th in Fletcher, NC (90 kb pdf)*
Second Boating Flow
Scheduled
on the Cheoah River Oct. 1 (8/23) ( 35 kb pdf)
Public Meeting about Chattooga
River Scheduled for October 13 (9/19) (19 kb pdf)*
Murray Branch Recreation
Area Closed Mid October (9/23) (105 kb pdf)*
Black Mountain
Campground Reopens in Time for Labor Day (9/2) (18 kb pdf)*
Forest Service Vehicle Auction
September 15th in Fletcher, NC (33kb pdf)*
Black Mountain Campground
Closed Due to Flooding From Katrina (8/30) (30 kb pdf)*
Volunteers Needed for Bent
Creek Visitor Surveys (8/31) (62 kb pdf)
Boating Flows on the Cheoah
River to Begin September 17 (8/23) ( 35 kb pdf)
Uwharrie Plan
Information Sessions Set for September (8/10) (24 kb pdf)*
Marisue
Hilliard Appointed New NFsNC Forest Supervisor (8/9) (23 kb pdf)*
Croatan NF Black Swamp ORV
Area Closed for Repairs (6/30) (10 kb pdf)
Forest Service Seeks
Volunteers for Bent Creek Recreation Survey (5/24) (80 kb pdf)
Appalachian District
Makes Progress on Storm Damage (5/16) (148 kb pdf*)
Lake Powhatan Re-opens; Water
Restored; ( 5/16) ( 23 kb pdf)*
Secretary
announces Final State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management
Rule (5/5)
Upper
Chattooga Portion of Sumter NF Plan Needs Work,
Washington
Officials Say (4/29/05)
Military Aerial Firefighting
Training in WNC (4/25) (58 kb pdf)*
Forest Uses Helicopter to Reseed Landslide
Areas on Grandfather District (4/23) (661 kb pdf)
Chattooga River Trail
Bridge Replaced (4/7) (41 kb pdf)
Lake Powhatan Campground Closed
Until May 1 (4/2) (19kb pdf)*
Spring Galax Harvest Restricted
May 1st through June 15th (3/31) (22 kb pdf)*
Contracts Awarded for Storm Damage
Repair (3/19) (35 kb pdf)*
Conditions Warrant Visitor Caution
in Forest (3/19) (46 kb pdf)*
Appalachian District
Winter Road Closures (1/5/05) (103 kb pdf)*
Calendar Year 2004
Wayehutta ORV Area and Big Creek
Road To be Closed for Winter (11/30/04) ( 15 kb pdf)
Visitors Urged to Use Caution
During Bent Creek Construction (11/12/04) (88 kb pdf)
Forest Vehicle Auction Set for
October 21 (33 kb pdf)*
Flood Damages USDA Forest
Service Facilities and Roads in Yancey County ( 9/13/04) (200 kb pdf)*
Forest Damaged by Record
Rains from Hurricane Frances (9/9) (24 kb pdf)
Grandfather District Flood
Impacts from Hurricane Frances (9/9) (32 kb pdf)
Bent Creek Restoration
Project Open House August 17th (29 kb pdf)
New Bent Creek Trails Map
Available (7/8) (27 kb pdf) *
Anthony Matthews Appointed NFsNC
Ecosystems and Planning Staff Officer (6/28) (119 kb pdf)
Matthews Photo (155 kb pdf)
Stateline Project Open House
set for June 2d (23 kb pdf)
Beetles Released at Joyce Kilmer
Memorial Forest in Effort to Save Hemlocks; (4/30) (730 kb pdf)
Beetles
Released April 7th at Whitewater Falls in Effort to Save Hemlocks (27
kb pdf)
Cradle of Forestry News,
Winter, 2004 (56.8 kb pdf)
Calendar Year 2003
Revised Bent Creek Proposal Released for Comment (10/30/03) (33 kb pdf)
Forest Service To Auction Vehicles in Asheville, NC on October 30th (75 kb pdf)
Forest Service to Auction Vehicles at Gainesville, GA on November 8th (592 kb pdf)
Looking Glass Falls Parking Lot Closed for Repairs; September 22, 2003 (159 kb pdf)
Weekly Fall Color Update (September through November)
Brown Mountain OHV Area Closed Until July 3d (6/16/03)
Summer and Fall Events at Cradle of Forestry (155 kb pdf)
Spring Galax Harvest Restricted; (4/4) (59 kb pdf)
Cradle of Forestry Educators Workshops Scheduled for 2003 (165 kb pdf)
Revised Croatan National Forest Plan Released (2/14) (87 kb pdf)Click here for the latest national USDA Forest Service News Releases
Calendar Year 2002
Final Southern Forest Resource Assessment Available (10/6/02)
FS to Auction 122 Used Vehicles; 11/2; Gainesville, GA
Forest Service Celebrates 30 Years of Senior Community Service Program (5/15) (70 kb pdf)
Linville Tract Near Lake James Added to Pisgah National Forest; (5/10) (108 kb pdf)
Roan Mountain Fee Area Opening Delayed May 7, 2002 (189 kb pdf)
National Forests in NC welcomes new deputy forest supervisor (4/24) (95 kb pdf)
Forest Logging Equipment Vandalized (4/24) (63 kb pdf)
Wilson Creek Wild and Scenic River Planning Meeting Set for March 19th (78 kb pdf)
Appalachian District Announces Winter Road Closures (1/4) (125 kb pdf)
Calendar Year 2001
New Ranger Selected for Pisgah Ranger District (11/14)
Forest Supervisor Issues Ban on Open Fires on National Forest land in NC (10/29)
Roan Mountain Fee Area Closed For Season (9/25) (578 kb pdf)
Educator Workshops Offered at Cradle of Forestry (9/24) (105 kb pdf)*
Some Shelton Laurel Roads and Trails On Appalachian District Re-opened (9/07) (18 kb pdf)
Looking Glass Falls Parking Lot Closed (8/23) (170 kb pdf)
R.E. Vann New Cheoah District Ranger (8/1) (62.1 kb pdf)*
(note to reporters, click here for B&W photo of R.E. Vann (231 kb jpg))
USDA Moves to Protect Roadless Areas; USDA News Release; (7/6) (90 kb pdf)*
Miera Crawford Appointed Grandfather District Ranger (6/25) (43 kb pdf)*
Rocky Bluff Campground Without Water (6/21) (9 kb pdf)
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Found in WNC (5/18)( 53 kb pdf)
North Mills River Project Certified as a "Green Tag Forest " (5/17)( 33 kb pdf)
Dr Keith Argo, National Forestry Association President, presents Green Tag Forest Certificate
(B&W Photo; 321 kb jpg )
Twelve Mile Road Closed Periodically for Rafters (5/14) (147 kb pdf)
USDA Upholds Roadless Protections Rule (5/4)
Rocky Bluff Campground Opens May 21 (143 kb pdf)
Stackhouse River Access Improvements Completed (142 kb pdf)
Forest Restricts Spring Galax Harvest (2/28/01)
Parts of Forest Closed to Protect Peregrine (1/29/01)(6.2 mb pdf)*
Job Fairs Announced for Firefighting Positions (1/11/01)
Forest Service Announces New Roads Policy (1/4/00)
Appalachian District Winter Road Closures (1/4/01)
Calendar Year 2000
Forest Starts Ginseng Tagging Program (92 kb pdf file)
color photo of ginseng plant 76 kb jpg
Prices Increase for Forest Service Maps (8/28) (69 kb pdf)
Forest Service Issues Indiana Bat Plan Amendment (8/3) (49 kb pdf)
Roadless Public Comment Meeting 9 a.m. June 10 at Owen Conference Center, UNC-Asheville (6/5) (15 kb pdf)
Proposed Roadless Rule and DEIS Issued (5/9/)
Public Meeting Set May 17th to Discuss Roadless DEIS (4/25)
FWS Issues Indiana Bat Biological Opinion (4/10) (27.2 kb pdf)
FWS Issues Indiana Bat Biological Opinion (4/10) (28.8 kb htm)
New Watershed Management Proposal Announced (3/8/00)
Forest Service Chief Announces Proposed New Road Policy (3/3/00)
Appalachian Trail Relocated at Wesser, NC (2/15) (8.0 kb pdf)
New Restrooms to be Built at Ferebee Memorial Picnic Area (2/15) (8.0 kb pdf)
Silvermine Creek Bridge Completed (2/15) (8kb pdf)
Open House February 24 to Discuss Proposed Croatan Plan Revision (2/7)
Randy Phillips Named Deputy Chief for Programs and Legislation (2/1)
Southern Pine Beetle Attacks Western NC (1/8)
Calendar Year 1999
Parts of Forest Closed to Protect Peregrine Falcon (12/20/99)
Calendar Year 1998
Calendar Year 1997
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