On this classic Western North Carolina hike, hikers can see a fantastic view of the cliffside profile for which Grandfather Mountain is named.
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Last Stand for the Southern Spruce-Fir?
Ancient Mountaintop Species Are Most Vulnerable As Appalachia Warms By Molly Moore At the nonprofit park atop northwestern North Carolina’s Grandfather Mountain, Director of Education Jesse Pope surveys the park’s cold-loving plants, keeping an eye out for the brassy Weller’s…
TAGS: Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative Clean Air Climate grandfather mountain nature Southern Spruce-Fir West Virginia Highland Conservancy
Is There A Kumbaya Moment Coming for the National Forests?
By Randy Johnson As wildflowers and buds break out this spring in the Southern Appalachians, hope that a greener fate for federal forest lands will bloom as well. On Feb. 9, 2012, the U.S. Forest Service and a handful of…
