WataugaWatch: The Globe Forest Makes '10 Most Endangered' List

Monday, January 05, 2009

The Globe Forest Makes '10 Most Endangered' List

The Southern Environmental Law Center has placed the forested slopes below Blowing Rock, locally known as "The Globe," on its list of 10 most at-risk sites in the South. "According to SELC, the forest includes trees more than 300 years old, and [US Forest Service's plans to log more than 200 acres of it] threatens to destroy scenic views."

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J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
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