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Opinion: US Forest Service must stop logging old-growth trees in Pisgah, Nantahala forests

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By Sam Evans
| Asheville Citizen Times Verified
Western North Carolina is lucky to be home to some of the South’s oldest forests. These awe-inspiring places can be hundreds of years old and provide some of the most unique outdoors opportunities in the South. Even those who haven’t visited an old-growth forest have likely reaped their benefit. Old growth filters drinking water for downstream communities, captures climate-warming carbon, and provides home to some of the South’s rarest plants and animals.
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Sixty years after its signing, the Wilderness Act’s impact lives on in the South Original

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By Sam Evans
| Tennessee Lookout
by Sam Evans, Tennessee Lookout September 19, 2024 If you’ve spent time in one of the South’s designated wilderness areas, you likely know the feeling of being truly alone with nature. While the terrains may differ — some are home to coastal swamps, others preserve towering trees or sweeping mountain landscapes — the experiences are remarkably similar: the areas provide unmatched solitude and some of the most unique ways to get into the outdoors.
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Opinion: Return the Great Forest

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By Sam Evans
| Blue Ridge Outdoors Verified
Although most of the eastern United States was once covered by old-growth forest, most Americans have never been in old growth. Perhaps you are wondering whether you are one of the lucky few, remembering a time you stood in cool shade, feet on soft soil, and felt a sense of wonder. You probably noticed the trees first. Old-growth forests have varied personalities shaped by their eldest members. Some are cathedral-like, with trees like towering columns.
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