Protecting North Carolina’s Mountain Treasures

Photo: Shannon Milsaps
GRANT NAME:
Protecting North Carolina’s Mountain Treasures
GRANTEE:
Outdoor Alliance
LOCATION
Washington, DC
AMOUNT
$35,000
Year
2022

A final forest plan that secures decades-long improved management for the 1.1 million acres of North Carolina’s Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests, including administrative protections 20 new eligible Wild and Scenic Rivers and 70,000 acres of recommended Wilderness, and using the final plan and the diverse political support of the same to design and implement a campaign to secure permanent Congressional protective designations.