North Carolina News Service reports that “dozens will join Congressman Mark Meadows at a listening session on the topic of increasing protection for public lands. The U-S Forest Service is in its fourth year of revising its Forest Plans for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. Less than seven-percent of land east of the Mississippi is protected by a federal wilderness designation, and conservation groups have argued that isn’t enough. Bill Van Horn, who maintains trails in the Highlands area, says he agrees.
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