Deteriorating forest roads damage the ecosystem and limit access essential for forest management and the forest-product economy.
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Deteriorating forest roads damage the ecosystem and limit access essential for forest management and the forest-product economy.
We all need friends, and public lands in Western North Carolina increasingly receive care in the form of “Friends” nonprofit groups. In an era of shrinking federal budgets for parks and forests, these organizations are stepping up to preserve and maintain public spaces.