Current plan Large and Medium Patches of Potential Old Growth Pre-Draft Sept. 2017 Management Areas Nantahala & Pisgah National Forest Ê

US321 US321 US321/US421 US321/US421

190 Beech Mountain Boone US321/US221 !5

Curtis Creek

CHSR107 SR1305 SR1173 SR194 Banner Elk Elk Park 5582 Seven Devils CH4344

CH230 SR1329 SR1330 US19E SR194 US321/US221 235 SR1331 5545 CH230 Sugar Mountain Blowing Rock SR1330 Roan Mountain SR1537 5583 SR1325 SR1132 !5 4071 SR1373 5504 Roan Mtn Massif 235 4071 Legend SR1319 US19E Grandfather Village !ySR1321 Newland SR1517 Curtis Creek SR1514 Geographic Areas 278 SR1513 SR1515 278 SR1338 192 SR1367 CH42 5506 278 SR1362 465 5570 278 SR261 192 451 4081 Full SIA Boundary 4111 42 111 5502 SR261 SR1511 111 !9 SR1370 CH42 466 SR352 981 SR1313 45 SR42A 466 SR1304 Old Growth Medium/Large Patches 465 SR1411 6089 SR1310 SR1407 275 SR208 SR212 Bakersville Crossnore 966 SR1308 SR1404 275 SR2557 Big Bald Mtn 2055 Roads US19W Eastern Escarpment4100A !l!9!9 US221/SR194 !5 SR2557 SR1502 Mortimer Work Center US1354 58

SR1368 SR197 SR1518 !9Mortimer SR1341 !5 189 3513 SR1395 US19W SYMBOL Paint Rock CH422 SR1307 Jonas Ridge 187 4100 SR1239 Cold Mountain 3577 SR183 Paint Rock 467 982 4097 SR1349 SR1353 Bald Mtns SR197 1 Roads Open to All Vehicles, Yearlong 198 467A US221 Paint Rock Natural Areas SR1500 !5 SR1502 SR1395 4074 SR1304 4099 !5 467 !] Jonas Ridge 982 SR90 SR1319 2 Roads Open to All Vehicles, Seasonal SR1189 US221 197 SR90 SR1318 Brown Mountain 113 US23 !5 162 Linville Mtn Dolomite Area Linville Gorge 299 !5 Burnsville 954 !5!5SR1328 SR1407 Hot Springs Big Laurel Creek Gorge SR1109 Spruce Pine 987 !5 !9 458 210 3 Roads Open to Highway Legal Vehicles Only, Yearlong Lovers Leap/Stackhouse Slopes 228 210A Lower FB River!y SR1183 US19 4096 SR226 99 Lenoir 4 Roads Open to Highway Legal Vehicles Only, Seasonal !5 3548 US23 99 !9 !9 SR1566 !5 Spring Creek Gorge 210 Bluff Mtn SR1174 4101 3548 3550 SR1405 3505 223 SR1154 SR1560 SR1261

SR1177 11 Special Designation, Yearlong 223 SR1151 US19 SR1263 SR1153 SR1238 SR1177 3505 SR1566 Linville Gorge SR1156 SR18 118 Gamewell 12 Special Designation, Seasonal Mars Hill SR1631 SR1157 SR1238 SR1167 SR221A 5554 SR1258 SR1167 239 106 Mountain SR226 SR1180 118 SR181 SR1332 106 SR1239 13 Interstate 3533 5523 5512 106 SR18 Marshall 117 SR1240 3580 !59 US221/SR1566 Black Mountains 5511 469 SR209 SR1443 357 SR1439 3520 Black Mtns SR1175 SR126 14 State or US Highway 150 SR1182 SR209 SR1397 !5 SR2173 289 !Ë !53525 469A SR155 148 SR1182 SR1236

3537 Mount Mitchell US19/US23 Woods Mtn-Singecat Ridge Black Mtns 472 288 US25/US70 15 Other Public Roads 470 149 Craggy Mtns BIg Ivy 233 472 104 Walker Cove BRP SR181 !9!5 SR80 US221/SR226 Bald Mtn SR1233 233 SR2178 !9 3539 SR128A 470

287 2074 Closed FS Roads 472 482 Drexel 74 SR128 1188 63 472 Morganton Catawba River Dam US64 SR1397 974 Johns Creek Natural Area Valdese SR1382 63A SR126 Walters Dam Walters Dam SR1334 SR1434

SR80 SR1336 Glen Alpine Trails 63 US221/US70/SR226

286 SR1422 US64 3549 482 Weaverville 482A SR1552 3549 US70 SR1337 US40 Inventoried Roadless Areas 4090 BRP 482!9 US70 US40 482A Marion SR1347 SR2109 Interface US19/US23 SR1408 SR1412 4030 4030 SR1227 SR1001 1186 Matrix Woodfin SR2426 Montreat SR1400 SR2419 SR2002 Curtis Creek SR1407 !5 Backcountry, Including Inventoried Roadless Areas US40/US70 Old Fort Black Mountain US240

US240 Pilot Mountain Asheville Experimental Forests

SR112 Special Interest Areas & Research Natural Areas Clyde Canton Maggie Valley SR3446SR3439 Biltmore Forest SR3449 Cradle of Forestry SR151 Curtis Creek 491

SR110 480 Cheoah Lake Fontana Dam Fontana Dam & Byways SR1247 !5 US26 SR3452 479E 481F SR1246 SR110 445 Waynesville 485 Brown Mountain Casar !y5 SR1249 2624 !9!5 62 62 7002 SR1312 479 !y SR3603 Trail of Tears & Overmountain Victory Trail !5 479 US26 2516 SR1287!9 7019 5006 !9 US19 359A !9 2617 Bryson City 7019 !5SR3464 SR1242 445 2627 SR1242 SR1311 US19/US441 5097 Wild and Scenic River Corridor SR1173 Bellwood 5000 2516 SR3526 SR1250 SR1236 US19 US19/US441 97 Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest !9 SR151 !9 Chimney Rock Village 438 Fontana!y Lake SR1388 SR1233 North Slope SR1240 2538 SR1432 !Ë 5000 Fletcher !y5 SR1177 SR1389 Dix Creek/Cold Mtn Mount Pisgah Wilderness Study Area SR1127 Santeetlah Dam 2630 !y 142 SR1311 SR1457 !9 SR1358 Cold Mountain !y407 463 US19/US23 SR1347 SR191/SR280 Lake Lure !y Old Roughy 2608 SR1129 81F !9 SR1232 SR1177 !9 !9 US23 SR215 SR100 450 Whiteside Mountain 81G !9 Joyce Kilmer Memorial 418 SR1113 5055 !9!95 217H 81F 418 !9 Wilderness !9 Santeetlah Lake SR1140 SR1345 81 81 SR1220 97D !5 !5 SR1121 !y US23BUSSylva 81 446 SR1214 SR1226 1206 Santeetlah Bluffs Wright Cove 81 81H 2586 Polkville

SR1129 2804 SR1392 Lawndale !9 418 SR143 SR1223 86 Dillsboro 4652 !95 Cradle of Forestry in America Roan Mountain !5 7073 SR1115 SR1137 4651 4668 !Ë !y SR143 2632 1206 SR1123 97H SR1338 SR1125 86 SR1393 7303 SR107 97 2610 SR1373 SR1121 Cheoah Bald 5018 SR1214 86 Webster !5Pink Beds !5 4650 Pilot Mountain !y!y!y 70 4652 4645 Ruth 2807 SR1277 SR28 4651A PVT SR1207 Alarka Laurel 4651 4666 Developed Recreation Sites SR143B US19E !5 SR1103 !] SR1122 SR1113 259 Nantahala Gorge SR28 70 816 385 SR1745 4666 US129 SR1133 7057 SR107 SR1737 RutherfordtonSpindale !5 4669 SR215 816 !9 Bostic 208 SR1731 Pisgah Ledge Admin Sites 75 SR1112 Kingstown !9 SR1740 SR1744 4666A 7064 4665 475B 477 SR28 !5 2604 Fork Ridge/Mount Hardy 225 Nantahala Gorge SR1348 477 420-6 SR1002 SR1114 SR1359 Great Balsam SR1747 Brown Mountain Devils Courthouse Forest City 422 !9 Hendersonville 50 !y 7030 SR1365 !© SR1357 SR1351 Municipalities-NC 420-4 Roy Taylor Forest !5 50 24 Laurel Park Ellenboro Unicoi Mtns SR215 420-1 SR1102 SR1407 4663 SR1409 SR1343 SR1309 4648 140 US276 82 PR1115 PR1115 SR1341 4663B 475!9 475 !9 Snowbird Mountains US129 SR1414 !9 475C!5 SR280 304A SR1350 7202 SR1001 !5 !] !] Lattimore 80 2616 SR1755 !] Pilot Mountain Alexander Mills 304 229 !9 SR1325 80 SR1301 Balsam Lake 8100 SR1327 714 Johns Rock

SR1302 SR1756 SR1760 420 308 5002 * Some members of the public requested no additional wilderness 408 420-1 304 423 SR1300 471D !5!] 7052 SR1338 SR1500A SR1001 323 140 471 Mooresboro 6264 7208 recommendations. This is shown by looking at the management areas without these lines. 338 7072 323 SR1157 SR1354 SR1331 !© 308 SR1397 SR1390 SR1757 !9 475 420 SR1522 SR1326SR1335 !9 SR1398 !© 5003 5361 SR1380 SR1501 SR1379 7270 SR1500 Brown Mountain US64/US276 Shelby SR1378 SR1327 SR1322 SR1326 6021 SR1392 SR1386 SR1400 SR1387 711 SR28 Bryson Branch Falls and Cove SR1321 SR1323 SR1391 5030 SR1381 ALT19/ALT129 Andrews SR1401 5325 6020 SR1337 6166A 711O Brevard SR1340 SR1402 7279 SR1504 SR1521 Bonas Defeat SR1760 471 SR1515 SR1759 Columbus Pilot Mountain SR1762 SR1324 Apalachia Lake SR1344 US19/US129 SR1505 5034 2071 6266 SR1375 SR1502 SR1382 4662 Saluda SR1510 SR1505SR1457 713 SR1157 !9 !9 Boiling Springs CH4315 711 7138 SR1513 SR1523 SR1340 7105 SR1326 Hiwassee Lake SR1352 SR1140 SR281 440 Franklin 7100 69 SR1153 1:225,000 625 !Ë SR1315 SR1528 SR1379 Nantahala Lake SR1507 SR1509 69 !5 5075 7067 95 Cullasaja River SR281 Patterson Springs CH68 6148 4671 SR1316 SR1358 SR1357 SR1346 SR1520 713 SR141 711B SR1310 5089 SR1331 SR294 440 !© !5 SR1163 Tryon !] SR1442 Dismal Falls SR1554 US441BUS 84 388 SR1322 US19/US129 SR1309 320 6176 427 340C 437 !5 SR1532 Cold Mountain SR294 SR1314 SR1312 !5 SR1121 !y 427A SR1152 Panthertown Valley 6272 388B SR1672 SR1149 5022 340A 388 SR1538 435 307B SR1356 654 340A1 US441/US23 Earl 653 SR1519 SR1539 SR1535 SR1533 !9 SR1368 SR1128 SR1447 340B 7281 SR1674 SR1143 307 340A Nantahala Mtns !5 340 Walking Fern Cove

!y SR1535 !Ë 350 Rosman 7131A

Beech Creek Seed Orchard SR1678302 SR1309 307 !y Murphy 440 351D 4539 Highland Domes 650 350A 6176A !5340 437 SR1448 SR1131 SR1128 6167 6269C Hiwassee SR1531 !9 SR1307 SR1307 SR1679 Cole Mtn/Shortoff 351 350 SR1124 Panther Top Lookout Panther Top Runaway Knob SR1119 !5 !© SR1319 SR1329 351 Cedar Cliff/thePinnacle SR1544 SR1519 415 SR1152 85A SR1540 651 351A Buck Creek Serpentine Barrens Olivine 67 SR1300 351 Culllasaja Gorge 71 Nantahala RiverBogs 4522 Devils Courthouse SR1303 7278 Cullasaja Gorge !9!5!] SR1643 SR1639 Riley Knob/Chunky Gal Nantahala River!9 Bogs!9 Curtis Creek !5 Whiteside Mountain Die Bend Crowder Bluff SR1638 SR1620 Silver Run Preserve/Sassafras Mtn Gorges State Park 71 SR1641 Henry!9 Wright/Kelsey Hemlock Forests Whiteside Mtn BUS64 SR1325 751 SR1110 71 !] SR1178 SR1105 751 Hayesville SR1636US23/US441 67 SR1680 SR1340 6262 67 752 SR1635 71 !Ë 83 Whitewater Falls US64 SR1330 71D 4621 SR1151 83 Highlands 87 67L SR1111 Piney Knob Fork SR106 SR1342 83 Blackrock Mtn/Granite City SR1104 329 Standing Indian Mtn SR1353 SR1169 White Oak Stamp

SR1339 SR1614 SR1159 Scaly Mountain and Catstairs 88 SR1556 Fodderstacks Doubletop Mtn/Cedar Cliff Mtn SR1618 SR1606 SR1166 6230

248F SR1625 !9!5 7291 367 !y] SR1613 Whitewater Falls SR1162 SR1172 79 Dulany Bog SR175 79C Chattooga River Gorge/Ellicott Rock

56 79 4567 Chatuge Lake !9 1178 SR1165 Blue Valley

56 SR106 !9 SR1104 SR281 SR246 Blue Valley SR1104

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