The Trump administration reversed its decision to privatize 16 federal job centers and close nine after public and political backlash.
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Tangled Up in Kudzu
The story behind the highly invasive vine that is creeping across the Southeast, and what can be done to stop it.
Groups Aim to Reshape Nantahala-Pisgah Plan
Conservationists, recreation enthusiasts, the timber industry and more have played a major part in the U.S. Forest Service’s ongoing effort to make major changes to the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest Management Plan for the first time since 1994.
TAGS: Forestry mountain biking Nantahala National Forest Nantahala-Pisgah Plan Pisgah National Forest timber harvest US Forest Service wilderness
Where Does Your Forest Stand with the Plan?
A summary of where each national forest in Central and Southern Appalachia is in the forest planning process.
TAGS: allegheny national forest Chattahoochee National Forest Cherokee National Forest Daniel Boone National Forest forest plan George Washington National Forest Jefferson National Forest Monongahela National Forest national forest Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests sumter national forest US Forest Service wayne national forest
Federal Grants for Troubled Appalachian Species | W.Va. Superfund Cleanup
Federal Grants To Assist Troubled Appalachian Species A round of special funding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $33 million toward helping threatened and endangered species in 21 states, including several projects in the Central and Southern Appalachian…
TAGS: Cheat River Gorge Cumberland County Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians EPA Georgia Hall Mountain Lower Flint River Basin North Carolina Pennsylvania Pickens County South Carolina superfund Tennessee US Fish and Wildlife US Forest Service West Virginia
By The Numbers
78%: Voters nationwide who support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s work to hold polluters accountable. 170: Votes against environmental protection in the House of Representatives since the beginning of 2011 1,048.3 million: Number of short tons of coal the U.S.…
TAGS: Appalachian politics Appalachian State University biohybrid solar energy coal bed methane coal production EPA Mining Jobs natural gas wastewater standards recycling greywater shale gas Solar Energy UNC Asheville US Forest Service Vanderbilt University Western North Carolina forest report card
