Urge Congress to Preserve Land Near Unicoi

The Chatanoogan.com web site out of Tennessee, of course, has an article posted in its 30 March 2007 edition titled "Cherokee Forest Partners Issue 'Urgent Message'" which begins as follows:

"Sam Brocato, the Executive Director of the Partners of the Cherokee National Forest, passes along this 'urgent message.'

"Brocato asks interested parties to "send a letter of support to our congressional folks on appropriation of federal funding for purchasing Rocky Fork tract in Unicoi County, TN. Surrounded by Cherokee NF and with Appalachian Trail on one side. (see sample letter [in the full article])"

...then further down in the article:

"At 10,000 acres, it is the largest unprotected wild mountainous property remaining within national forest boundaries in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. About one-third of the tract lies in Greene County, TN; the remaining two thirds are in Unicoi County, TN.

"The property contains mixed hardwoods of various sizes and is prime habitat for bear and other wildlife. Over a mile of the Appalachian Trail passes through the property, then skirts it for several more miles."

Land acquisition and preservation = good.