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Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine (blog)
March 24, 2018
So you come up here a lot to ride. How did you discover WNC? My introduction to the Blue Ridge mountains began in North Georgia. Then I visited Boone, NC and eventually made it to the Pisgah National Forest area and Brevard. It wasn't too long ago either, in 2015. I got hooked right away, and me andÃâà...
Winston-Salem Journal
March 24, 2018
Whether you're considering a romantic getaway in the North Carolina mountains or looking for family-friendly fun, Asheville is an ideal destination for all ages with its unique restaurants, shops and attractions. The city is known for its dynamic culinary, arts and music scenes, as well as its diverse outdoorÃâà...
Asheville Citizen-Times
March 14, 2018
These are some of the many real players behind the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest Management Plan Revision, a document years in the making that will guide the future of the massive, 1.1-million acres of the two national forests in Western North Carolina for the next 15 years. The U.S. Forest ServiceÃâà...
The Transylvania Times
March 12, 2018
When Sliding Rock in Pisgah National Forest opens with lifeguards on Memorial Day this spring, there will be an increase in the entry fee from $2 to $3 per person. The fee last increased from $1 to $2 in 2014. The slide is open year round to the public, but it is only staffed between Memorial Day and LaborÃâà...
Tryon Daily Bulletin
March 7, 2018
Join Conserving Carolina on Friday, March 16, for a 4.2 mile, moderate hike in the Davidson River Area of Pisgah National Forest, along the Daniel Ridge Trail. Conserving Carolina's southeast stewardship manager, Pam Torlina, will lead the hike. The trail starts by following the Davidson River, thenÃâà...
Carolina Public Press
March 2, 2018
Tree in the Pisgah National Forest. Unique trees and many other species make their homes in the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests in the North Carolina mountains. Jack Igelman / Carolina Public Press. In November 2012, the U.S. Forest Service began work on a comprehensive revision of the LandÃâà...
BlueRidgeNow.com
March 1, 2018
ASHEVILLE — U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced David Duane Banchetto, 43, of Gastonia to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a series of car break-ins at Pisgah National Forest. Banchetto was also ordered to pay restitution to all the victims for the costsÃâà...
Winston-Salem Journal
February 27, 2018
Man falls to death from waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest. Associated ... McDowell County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Richelle Bailey tells The Asheville Citizen-Times that 37-year-old Jimmy Paul Schmidt Jr. fell Saturday from the 50-foot-high Upper Catawba Falls in the Pisgah National Forest.
Asheville Citizen-Times
February 27, 2018
OLD FORT – The first waterfall death of the year in Western North Carolina is also the second one in less than a year at Catawba Falls in the McDowell County area of the Pisgah National Forest. At 11:45 a.m. Saturday, 37-year-old Jimmy Paul Schmidt Jr., who was visiting from Georgia, fell to his death fromÃâà...
