ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The U.S. Forest Service released the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest Plan today, quadrupling logging and reducing protections for the most visited national forest in the country. The ...

A coalition of conservation groups is asking the U.S. Forest Service to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan after Helene's catastrophic damage in western North Carolina. In November ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Conservation groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service, arguing that the agency’s plans to log a sensitive area of the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina violate federal law.

Did you know that there's an equally beautiful mountain range just an hour west of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Nantahala National Forest? You may not know this about me, but I used to live on a ...

The Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, about an hour from Asheville, offers abundant camping a literal stone's throw away from the trail and the Nantahala River. Camping gives guests a ...

[View & Book Tickets.] Ride Class II and III rapids on this 8 ½-mile excursion through the Nantahala National Forest. Rafters can opt for fully guided (with a guide in every boat) or unguided trips.

An additional 117,000 acres of vegetation loss in the forests was also recorded by the service. Weeks after the storm, the ...