North Carolina People, Places, and Things-July 7
I am the dad to five adult children. As they were growing up I attempted to remind them they were special and to implore them to learn something new. My goal was to do that daily.
In 2016 my goal is to learn something new daily on the people, places, and things that make North Carolina special. Everyday this year I am doing a post on what I have learned new.
I often in my job have to hire or be part of a search committee hiring new employees. At a university we often interview people who never have lived or been to North Carolina. One common reaction I hear is I am amazed at the number of trees in the state.
Well North Carolina is blessed with over 200 different type of trees that I wrote about back in May.
https://coach4aday.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/north-carolina-trees-may-16/
North Carolina also is home to four National Forests. They include
The Croatan National Forest’s 160,000 acres have pine forests, saltwater estuaries, bogs and raised swamps called pocosins. Bordered on three sides by tidal rivers and the Bogue Sound, the forest is defined by water.
The Nantahala National Forest lies in the mountain and valleys of southwestern North Carolina. The largest of North Carolina’s four National Forests, the Nantahala encompasses 531,148 acres with elevations ranging from 5,800 feet at Lone Bald in Jackson County to 1,200 feet in Cherokee County along Hiwassee River. The Forest is divided into three Districts, Cheoah in Robbinsville, NC, Tusquitee in Murphy, NC, and the Nantahala in Franklin, NC. All district names come from the Cherokee language.
There are approximately 51,000 acres that make up the Uwharrie National Forest System lands in Montgomery, Randolph and Davidson Counties. The forest is mainly in Montgomery County.
The Pisgah National Forest is a land of mile-high peaks, cascading waterfalls, and heavily forested slopes. Comprised of over 500,000 acres, the Pisgah is primarily a hardwood forest with whitewater rivers, waterfalls and hundreds of miles of trails. This national forest is home of the first tract of land purchased under the Weeks Act of 1911 which led to the creation of the national forests in the eastern United States.
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