The two-day workshop hosted by The Access Fund in April was centered on ensuring that rock climbing has a positive environmental and economic impact as the sport grows in the Appalachian region.
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The Conception of Wild Ideas: Scientists Confront Conservation Challenges of Our Times
This essay by Travis Belote, Greg Aplet, and Pete McKinley ran abridged in the print version of The Appalachian Voice. 1934 was a big year for conservation in the southern Appalachians. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established in…
TAGS: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Land Conservation Land management Southern Appalachian Mountains Wilderness Act wilderness conservation Wilderness Society
The Heated Issue of Prescribed Burns
By Molly Moore Steep rock cliffs, a raging river, weathered heath balds and several types of forest make the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area in Western North Carolina a popular recreation destination. A few rare species native to the gorge are…
TAGS: Land management Linville Gorge Wilderness Area mountain golden heather Prescribed burns U.S. Forest Service Wildlife
The Custodian’s Conundrum
By Molly Moore A swarthy tree trunk stands in a small clearing, a gap in the forest canopy created by its once-thick crown of leaves. Shrubs and saplings clamor for sunlight around the tree’s base, and carpenter ants colonize the…
TAGS: Golden-winged warbler Land Conservation Land management Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests Wildlife
