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USFS: ‘Partners make progress in restoring Grandfather Ranger District’
Release Date: Dec 16, 2014 Contact(s): Stevin Westcott, (828) 257-4215 NEBO, N.C., Dec. 16, 2014– The U.S. Forest Service and a spectrum of partners collaborated to help restore close to 6,000 acres in the Grandfather Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest, through...
WNCA submits comments on EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’
November 25, 2014 Re: Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602 Dear Administrator McCarthy: On behalf of the members and board of the Western North Carolina Alliance (WNCA), I [Co-Director Julie Mayfield], submit these comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean...
We are ‘MountainTrue’!
At the Nov. 20 Annual Fall Gathering, the boards and members of WNCA, ECO and Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance enthusiastically agreed to move forward as one united organization: MountainTrue. The merger and name change became official on Jan. 1. We are very...
Merger documents approved by members
At the joint annual gathering on Nov. 20 of Environmental and Conservation Organization, Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance, members took the final votes to make our merger as MountainTrue legally effective. The documents approved were the following:...
U.S.F.S. proposes opening most of Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest to logging
12/13/2014: "WNC's National Forests at crossroads" -- Editorial by Public Lands Field Biologist Josh Kelly in the Asheville Citizen-Times. (May require login). Press Release from the Southern Environmental Law Center For Release: Nov. 12, 2014 Contact: Kathleen...
Officials: EPA’s Coal Ash and Water Toxics Rules Must Ensure Public Safety
Washington, D.C.— State representatives from the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators this week submitted a sign-on letter calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) to swiftly finalize strong coal ash and toxic water pollution standards for...
Volunteers needed for U.S. Forest Service photo data project
Over the summer, the U.S. Forest Service in the Grandfather District of Pisgah National Forest deployed 50 motion-triggered trail cameras in the forest to determine how animals use a prescribed burn area compared to a non-burned area. The composition and function of...
Have your say about the future of the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests!
Next round of public meetings set The Forest Service will hold the next round of public meetings this October and November to share information about the proposed Nantahala and Pisgah National Forest Plan, including potential management areas and desired conditions....
Read Duke’s groundwater assessment plans for coal-fired plants in N.C.
From the N.C . Department of Environment and Natural Resources On Sept. 26, 2014, Duke Energy submitted draft plans for the assessment of groundwater at its 14 coal-fired power stations located in North Carolina. The plans include proposed site assessment activities...
10/1: Merging environmental organizations welcome new regional director
Western North Carolina Alliance, Environmental and Conservation Organization and the Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance—three regional grassroots environmental organizations in the process of merging—are pleased to welcome Mark Stierwalt as director of their Southern...
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