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SELC names ten most endangered places in the southeast

Submitted by James on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 10:28am

The most effective environmental organization in America this week reported on the ten most endangered places in the southeast, three of which are here in North Carolina. Given the rampage in Raleigh, however, it would have been equally valid if they had named our entire state as an endangered place.

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NC endangered

Submitted by James on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 10:30am.

It's hard to understand how rich guys like John Skvarla, North Carolina's new head of DENR, choose to dedicate their lives to fucking up the world for everyone else.

'Courthouse Creek among top endangered areas'

Submitted by Martha Brock on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 11:14am.

Courthouse Creek among top endangered areas
Asheville-Citizen Times article

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20es13302080005

Courthouse Creek makes the list for the first time because its highly valued forest is in danger from a proposed timber sale in the viewshed of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The 472 acres proposed for logging by the U.S. Forest Service include sensitive forest, a popular recreation destination, trout streams and local tourism, said Nat Mund, SELC’s legislative director...

Martha Brock