How to comment

Posted on by Cameron Duke

Online: The U.S. Forest Service’s preferred method for receiving comments is its online comment analysis and response application, available at avl.mx/6zz. Comments, which will be made publicly available online, can be submitted as plain text, Microsoft Word documents and PDFs.

By mail: Comments can be mailed or delivered to Michelle Aldridge, ATTN: Plan Revision Team, National Forests in North Carolina, 160 Zillicoa St., Suite A, Asheville, NC 28801.

In person: Six public meetings about the draft plan are currently scheduled throughout Western North Carolina.

  • CANCELLED AS OF 12:15 p.m. March 12 — Thursday, March 12, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the N.C. Arboretum Education Center, 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way, Asheville. (The arboretum will be open to attendees as early as 4:30 p.m. The parking fee is waived, and each attendee will receive a parking pass.)
  • Monday, March 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the Rogow Family Community Room, Brevard Library, 212 S. Gaston St., Brevard.
  • Thursday, March 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the Brasstown Community Center, 255 Settawig Road, Brasstown.
  • Tuesday, March 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church’s Tartan Hall, 26 Church St., Franklin.
  • Thursday, March 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the Bentley Fellowship Hall, 265 Cascade St., Mars Hill.
  • Tuesday, March 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the Four Square Community Action Center, 196 Knight St., Robbinsville.
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