Individuals and organizations had 60 days for final objections on the plan to manage over 1 million acres of national forest in western North Carolina, but only if they had previously commented. Those objections trigger a 90-day response time from the U.S. Forest Service.
The U.S. Forest Service received nearly 14,000 objections to the forest management plan it released in January for the Pisgah and Nantahala national f.
Conservation of longleaf pine received a boost from the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program with the acquisition of 640 acres in Sussex County.