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Big Butt Trail – Pisgah National Forest, NC
Big Butt Trail – Pisgah National Forest, NC Length Difficulty Streams Views Solitude Camping 15.5 mls N/A Hiking Time: 8 hours and 30 minutes with 2 hours of breaks Elev. Gain: 4,365 ft Parking: Park at Cane River Gap. 35.81020, -82.34838 By Trail Contributor: Zach Robbins The Big Butt Trail, despite its comical name, is a tough hike along the western peaks of the Black Mountains. Most hikers begin at the Balsam Gap trailhead on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the easier way to reach the viewpoints. This is seasonal access however, since the parkway is typically closed all winter in this section. Year-round access is possible at Cane River Gap, deep in the backcountry of the Big Ivy section of the Pisgah National Forest. You may think of the Big Butt Trail as the little cousin to the Black Mountain Crest Trail. It is shorter, not as difficult, and crosses peaks just below 6,000 feet. At the beginning you’ll face a long, switchbacking ascent through beautiful hardwood forests to the mile-high ridgeline between Big Butt and Little Butt. The Black Mountains form a U around the Cane River Valley, but all of the tall, well- known peaks are on the east side of the range. That doesn’t diminish the hike though, it provides arguably the best views of the eastern Black Mountains from Little Butt. After Little Butt the trail continues south past Point Misery then ends at Balsam Gap. From here you have the option of following the Mountains-to-Sea Trail east to a great view below the 6,320-foot Blackstock Knob. -
Aquatic Ecosystems
February 19, 2014 Nantahala and Pisgah NFs Assessment Aquatic Ecosystems The overall richness of North Carolina’s aquatic fauna is directly related to the geomorphology of the state, which defines the major drainage divisions and the diversity of habitats found within. There are seventeen major river basins in North Carolina. Five western basins are part of the Interior Basin (IB) and drain to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico (Hiwassee, Little Tennessee, French Broad, Watauga, and New). Parts of these five river basins are within the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests (NFs). Twelve central and eastern basins are part of the Atlantic Slope (AS) and flow to the Atlantic Ocean. Of these twelve central and eastern basins, parts of the Savannah, Broad, Catawba, and Yadkin-Pee Dee basins are within the Nantahala and Pisgah NFs. As described later in this report, the Nantahala and Pisgah NFs, for the most part, support higher elevation coldwater streams, and relatively little cool- and warmwater resources. To gain perspective on the importance of aquatic ecosystems on the Nantahala and Pisgah NFs, it is first necessary to understand their value at regional and national scales. The southeastern United States has the highest aquatic species diversity in the entire United States (Burr and Mayden 1992; Williams et al. 1993; Taylor et al. 1996; Warren et al. 2000,), with southeastern fishes comprising 62% of the United States fauna, and nearly 50% of the North American fish fauna (Burr and Mayden 1992). Freshwater mollusk diversity in the southeast is ‘globally unparalleled’, representing 91% of all United States mussel species (Neves et al. -
On the Occurrence of Several Species of Pterostichine Ground Beetles in Virginia (Carabidae: Pterostichini)
36 BANISTERIA NO. 12, 1998 Diversity, Standard Methods for Amphibians. Document 1. Corvallis, Oregon. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. Wake, D.B. 1991. Declining amphibian populations. Vial, IL., & L. Saylor. 1993. The status of amphibian Science 253:860. populations: a compilation and analysis. IUCN-The World Conservation Union Species Survival Commission, Wyman, R.L. 1990. What's happening to the amphibians? Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force. Working Conservation Biology 4:350-352. Banisteria, Number 12, 1998 On the Occurrence of Several Species of Pterostichine Ground Beetles in Virginia (Carabidae: Pterostichini) Richard L. Hoffman Virginia Museum of Natural History Martinsville, Virginia, 24112 Most species of Southern Appalachian beetles remain The taxa treated here have been cited for "VA" in the very poorly known, even though the general composition 1993 list of Nearctic carabids by Bousquet & Larochelle, of that fauna has been sketched in broad strokes for a long on the basis of data - herein formally documented - time. Insofar as ground beetles (carabids) are concerned supplied to those authors. Unless otherwise specified, all there are still some undescribed taxa (some of them fairly material recorded below was taken by me (or by museum large forms) to be accounted, and for most species our inventory work) and is housed in the Virginia Museum of knowledge of distributional patterns is totally inadequate. Natural History. These facts were enunciated by P. J. Darlington in 1931, but the challenge was not taken up for another three 1 .Gastrellarius blanchardi (Horn) decades, when Thomas C. Barr began his extensive researches on the Appalachian carabid fauna. Dr. Barr's Described from Highlands, North Carolina, this stimulating summary paper of 1969 catalyzed this writer's diminutive species has been recorded only as far north as interest in the subject, and his personal activity with the the Black Mountains of that state. -
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943 / by David Leroy Corbitt
Avery 17 The boundary line between Ashe and Wilkes was authorized to be changed in 1931. That the boundary line between the counties of Ashe and Wilkes, be, and the same is hereby, changed so as to include all the A. L. Miller land lying South of the public road running along the top of the Blue Ridge Mountain, except the A. L. Miller residence which is not in Ashe County, 70 in the County of Wilkes. An act repealing chapter 425 of the Public-Local Laws of 1931 relative to the boundary line between Ashe and Wilkes was passed in 1933. 71 AVERY Avery County was formed in 1911 from Mitchell, Watauga, and Caldwell. It was named in honor of Colonel Waightstill Avery, a soldier of the Revolution and attorney general of North Carolina. It is in the northwestern section of the State and is bounded by the state of Tennessee and the counties of Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, McDowell and Mitchell. The present area is 247 square miles and the population is 13,560. Commissioners were named in the act establishing the county who were to select two or more sites for the county seat after which the county commissioners were to hold an election and the people were to vote on the sites. Whatever site was selected, it was to be called Newland. Newland, the county seat, was named in honor of W. C. Newland, then lieutenant governor of North Carolina. 72 Beginning at the highest point of Grandfather Mountain, the corner of Watauga, Caldwell and Mitchell counties, and running a direct line to the Hanging Rock Mountain; thence with the dividing ridge to the Turnpike -
National Forests Non-Motorized Trail Strategy the US Forest Service Is Looking for the 82 People Who Attended
SECOND QUARTER 2012 Quarterly News Bulletin and Hike Schedule P.O. Box 68, Asheville, NC 28802 • www.carolinamountainclub.org • e-mail: [email protected] National Forests non-motorized trail strategy The US Forest service is looking for the 82 people who attended. Some assistance. I wonder, though, if the group a few good men and women. Since the thoughts by CMC attendees: (bikers, horsemen, hunters, hikers, etc.) that majority of trail work is done by vol- Tish Desjardins, CMC Chair of provides the best grant assistance ends up get- unteers, the Forest Service is conduct- Conservation, said: “I thought it was ting what they want in the forest. With all the ing a number of workshops at various interesting that they are looking to us maintenance that CMC performs, it would be locations in Western North Carolina for possibly applying for grants for destructive if bikes or horses come along on to bring different types of trail users projects that we could apply for. They the hiking trails that we maintain. Hopefully together to provide input on trail plan- sure seem to be desperate for financial continued on page 7 ning. The diverse types of trail users include hikers, bikers, and horsemen. These people were brought together to share trail experiences, identify the types of trails that fit in a recreational context, and help develop a sustainable system of trail management. Initial workshops were held in Morganton, Andrews, Mars Hill, Franklin and Brevard. Several CMC members joined the 264 participants in the five meetings. Seventy diverse organizations were represented. The workshop in Brevard had to be moved to a larger location to accommodate Trail strategy participants at the meeting in Franklin. -
Scenic Landforms of Virginia
Vol. 34 August 1988 No. 3 SCENIC LANDFORMS OF VIRGINIA Harry Webb . Virginia has a wide variety of scenic landforms, such State Highway, SR - State Road, GWNF.R(T) - George as mountains, waterfalls, gorges, islands, water and Washington National Forest Road (Trail), JNFR(T) - wind gaps, caves, valleys, hills, and cliffs. These land- Jefferson National Forest Road (Trail), BRPMP - Blue forms, some with interesting names such as Hanging Ridge Parkway mile post, and SNPMP - Shenandoah Rock, Devils Backbone, Striped Rock, and Lovers Leap, National Park mile post. range in elevation from Mt. Rogers at 5729 feet to As- This listing is primarily of those landforms named on sateague and Tangier islands near sea level. Two nat- topographic maps. It is hoped that the reader will advise ural lakes occur in Virginia, Mountain Lake in Giles the Division of other noteworthy landforms in the st& County and Lake Drummond in the City of Chesapeake. that are not mentioned. For those features on private Gaps through the mountains were important routes for land always obtain the owner's permission before vis- early settlers and positions for military movements dur- iting. Some particularly interesting features are de- ing the Civil War. Today, many gaps are still important scribed in more detail below. locations of roads and highways. For this report, landforms are listed alphabetically Dismal Swamp (see Chesapeake, City of) by county or city. Features along county lines are de- The Dismal Swamp, located in southeastern Virginia, scribed in only one county with references in other ap- is about 10 to 11 miles wide and 15 miles long, and propriate counties. -
Blue Ridge Park Way DIRECTORY TRAVEL PLANNER
65 TH Edition Blue Ridge Park way www.blueridgeparkway.org DIRECTORY TRAVEL PLANNER Includes THE PARKWAY MILEPOST Biltmore Asheville, NC Exit at Milepost 388.8 Grandfather Mountain Linville, NC Exit at Milepost 305.1 Roanoke Star and Overlook Roanoke, VA Exit at Milepost 120 Official Publication of the Blue Ridge Parkway Association The 65th Edition OFFICIAL PUBLICATION BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY ASSOCIATION, INC. P. O. BOX 2136, ASHEVILLE, NC 28802 (828) 670-1924 www.blueridgeparkway.org • [email protected] COPYRIGHT 2014 NO Portion OF THIS GUIDE OR ITS MAPS may BE REPRINTED WITHOUT PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE USA. Some Parkway photographs by William A. Bake, Mike Booher, Vicki Dameron and Jeff Greenberg © Blue Ridge Parkway Association Layout/Design: Imagewerks Productions: Arden, NC This free Directory & Travel PROMOTING Planner is published by the 500+ member Blue Ridge TOURISM FOR Parkway Association to help Chimney Rock at you more fully enjoy your Chimney Rock State Park Parkway area vacation. MORE THAN Members representing attractions, outdoor recre- ation, accommodations, res- Follow us for more Blue Ridge Parkway 60 YEARS taurants, shops, and a variety of other services essential to information and resources: the traveler are included in this publication. When you visit their place of business, please let them know www.blueridgeparkway.org you found them in the Blue Ridge Parkway Directory & Travel Planner. This will help us ensure the availability of another Directory & Travel Planner for your next visit -
Safe Haven in Rocky Fork Hiawassee
JOURNEYS THE MAGAZINE OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY January – February 2013 INSIDE: Safe Haven in Rocky Fork ❙ Hiawassee, Georgia ❙ Creative Collaboration ❘ JOURNEYS From thE EDitor THE MAGAZINE OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY Volume 9, Number 1 PRACTICAL MAGIC. WHEN I HEAR THE woRDs “MAGIC,” aNd “ENCHANTMENT” January – February 2013 to describe the Appalachian Trail, I think of another kind of magic that happens behind the scenes. Consider how closely the Trail skirts a densely-populated portion of the country; then consider any A.T. trailhead from Georgia to Maine a doorway to a peaceful, wooded path, strewn Mission with pristine waterways, grassy balds, and high ridge lines, and it does indeed sound like illusion The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s mission is to preserve and manage the Appalachian Trail — ensuring — but the magic is real. that its vast natural beauty and priceless cultural heritage can be shared and enjoyed today, tomorrow, A recent letter sent to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) headquarters especially and for centuries to come. punctuates this message. “In a way, it was like going back in time — leaving the modern and finding a much less complicated way of life alive in our country,” wrote ATC member Mary Holmes after completing her hike of the Trail. She continued with these Board of Directors A.T. Journeys poignant words: “The Trail is a miracle — first that it exists intact and J. Robert (Bob) Almand ❘ Chair Wendy K. Probst ❘ Managing Editor that it weaves through the most developed part of the country. It William L. (Bill) Plouffe ❘ Vice Chair Traci Anfuso-Young ❘ Graphic Designer should be an example in years to come of the value of conservation On the Cover: Kara Ball ❘ Secretary and inspire ever-greater conservation efforts.” The Trail is a model for “As winter scenes go, very few top the Arthur Foley ❘ Treasurer Contributors success, due to the serious and pragmatic work of the ATC staff beauty of fresh snow and ice clinging Lenny Bernstein Laurie Potteiger ❘ Information Services Manager members, A.T. -
Cmc Annual Meeting Packed with Information, People
FIRST QUARTER 2004 Quarterly News Bulletin and Hike Schedule P.O. Box 68, Asheville, NC 28802 • www.carolinamtnclub.org • e-mail: [email protected] CMC ANNUAL MEETING PACKED WITH INFORMATION, PEOPLE club is grateful for his efforts. After a treasurer’s report detailing contin- ued losses, Pres. Don Walton said a dues increase would be likely next year despite the very welcome contributions many members have made in addition to their dues. As of this writing, we have collected just over $2000 in extra revenues. Awards presented were: Bernard Elias and Tom Bindrim-- honorary Pisgah 400 members (to kick off the new category); Lenny and Danny Bernstein—Award of Appreciation; Danny Bernstein is seen here accepting the and Les Love—Distinguished Service Award. Award of Appreciation for herself and her Members elected were: President: Don husband, Lenny, from Carroll Koepplinger. Walton, Vice President: Gerry McNabb, Park Superintendent Phil Francis addresses club Secretary: Lenny Bernstein, Treasurer: Bente, Les Love, Linda Blue, Bill Ross, Piet at annual meeting. Carroll Koepplinger, Councilors: Bruce Bodenhorst and Stuart Tauber. Special thanks were given to Joe Cirvello, Becky n extra 35 or so members attended Smucker, and Brad Van Diver, who are leav- this year’s annual meeting, held in ing the Council, for their service to the Club. Athe Grove Park Inn’s Country Club For complete details, see the CMC website. facilities. Featured speaker was acting GSMNP Superintendent Phil Francis. His talk was very informative about issues the New Pisgah 400 category park is facing -- from traffic congestion in the and SB6K referenced in Cades Cove area to the very immediate threat to the park’s hemlock trees from infestation. -
Gazetteer of West Virginia
Bulletin No. 233 Series F, Geography, 41 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIKECTOU A GAZETTEER OF WEST VIRGINIA I-IEISTRY G-AN3STETT WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1904 A» cl O a 3. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OP THE INTEKIOR, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Washington, D. C. , March 9, 190Jh SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as a bulletin, a gazetteer of West Virginia! Very respectfully, HENRY GANNETT, Geogwvpher. Hon. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, Director United States Geological Survey. 3 A GAZETTEER OF WEST VIRGINIA. HENRY GANNETT. DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE. The State of West Virginia was cut off from Virginia during the civil war and was admitted to the Union on June 19, 1863. As orig inally constituted it consisted of 48 counties; subsequently, in 1866, it was enlarged by the addition -of two counties, Berkeley and Jeffer son, which were also detached from Virginia. The boundaries of the State are in the highest degree irregular. Starting at Potomac River at Harpers Ferry,' the line follows the south bank of the Potomac to the Fairfax Stone, which was set to mark the headwaters of the North Branch of Potomac River; from this stone the line runs due north to Mason and Dixon's line, i. e., the southern boundary of Pennsylvania; thence it follows this line west to the southwest corner of that State, in approximate latitude 39° 43i' and longitude 80° 31', and from that corner north along the western boundary of Pennsylvania until the line intersects Ohio River; from this point the boundary runs southwest down the Ohio, on the northwestern bank, to the mouth of Big Sandy River. -
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES • $52 Million • Classroom Resources Including Textbooks, Instructional Supplies and Equipment
Investing in Infrastructure •Targeted, long-term investments •Historically low interest rates •Will not jeopardize our credit ratings •No new INSTRUCTIONALtaxes RESOURCES • $52 million • Classroom resources including textbooks, •Broad, bipartisaninstructional supplies public and support equipment 2 15 Years Since Last Bond Referendum INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES • $52 million • Classroom resources including textbooks, instructional supplies and equipment Note: Population data from OSBM and voter approved debt from the Department of State Treasurer. 3 Now is the Time INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES • $52 million • Classroom resources including textbooks, instructional supplies and equipment 4 Ample Debt Service Capacity INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES • $52 million • Classroom resources including textbooks, instructional supplies and equipment Note: General Fund revenue data reflect budgeted amounts (HB 97) for FYs 2015-16 and 2016-17 and OSBM estimates for FY 2017-18 to FY 2025-26. Debt-service payments based on NC Fiscal Research Division estimates. 5 INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES • $52 million • Classroom resources including textbooks, instructional supplies and equipment Note: Based on data from the 2015 DAAC Study by the NC Department of State Treasurer and HB 943 estimates from the NC Fiscal Research Division. Debt amounts include General Obligation debt and Special Indebtedness, but do not include capital leases and debt issued by NC Turnpike Authority. Projections assume four debt issuances over the next four fiscal years. 6 Focus on Education INSTRUCTIONAL -
Summits on the Air
Summits on the Air U.S.A. (W4C) Association Reference Manual Document Reference S63.1 Issue number 2.0 Date of issue 1-Aug -2017 Participation start date 01-Feb-2011 Authorised Date: 01-Jun-2009 SOTA Management Team Association Manager Patrick Harris ([email protected]) Summits-on-the-Air An original concept by G3WGV and developed with G3CWI Notice “Summits on the Air” SOTA and the SOTA logo are trademarks of the Programme. This document is copyright of the Programme. All other trademarks and copyrights referenced herein are acknowledged. Summits on the Air – ARM for U.S.A. (The Carolinas) Table of Contents 1 Change Control .............................................................................................................................................. 1 2 Disclaimer ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 3 Copyright Notices ........................................................................................................................................... 1 4 Association Reference Data ........................................................................................................................... 2 5 Program derivation ......................................................................................................................................... 3 6 General information .......................................................................................................................................