From a press release:
Asheville Green Drinks: Wilderness Act celebrates 50 years, Jan. 7
The Wilderness Act Celebrates 50 years
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1 Edwin Pl, (Charlotte & Edwin)
Start Time: 7:00 PM
Contact: Judy Maddox; Judymattox@sbcglobal.net; 828-683-2176
The Sierra Club, Green Drinks, and MountainTrue will present a program on the Wilderness Act celebrating 50 years while the current US Forest Service revision plan is proposing to open 700,000 acres in western North Carolina to logging.Join us on January 7 when Brent Martin will speak on the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and its relevance to North Carolina. He will also speak about current opportunities for new Wilderness in North Carolina with the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest plan revision and how citizens and organizations can become involved in this process.
The Wilderness Act is considered one of America’s greatest conservation achievements. The act created our National Wilderness Preservation System which currently has 109 million acres. The act also provides the means for Americans to induct further unspoiled areas into the system. “Wilderness areas” represent the nation’s highest form of land protection. No roads, vehicles or permanent structures are allowed in designated wilderness, and a wilderness designation prohibits activities like logging or mining.
Next, Sam Evans of SELC, and Josh Kelly of the MountainTrue will present on the US Forest Service Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Revision Plan of 700,000 acres open to logging.
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