Winston-Salem Journal, N.C., Lisa O'Donnell Column: Get Out! State Forest's Treasures Are Its Waterfalls and Its Trails
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By Lisa O'Donnell, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 9--HENDERSONVILLE -- The mountains of North Carolina are rarely disappointing. DuPont State Forest is another example of the state's staggering beauty.
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By Jack Betts, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--For all of North Carolina's pressing environmental problems, there are notable success stories about things that work.
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Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage.
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By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 9--A couple times a year, thanks to the state's wildlife officials, we outdoors enthusiasts are able to roll out of bed with the kind of high hopes and grand dreams that young children associate with Christmas morning.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 14--The public will have less say over how North Carolina's 1.2 million-acre national forests are managed, environmentalists charge, after a rule change the U.S. Forest Service completed this week.
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By Jennifer Schaefer, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 10--Inside the sprawling WaterColor's second phase is a neighborhood called Cinnamon Fern, which backs into the lushly green Wood Fern Park.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.
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By Ana Ribeiro, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  May 25--Thursday's forest fires in Pender and Brunswick counties are a  symptom of a steadily worsening rainfall shortage that has now pushed the area  into drought territory.   The U.S.
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ATLANTA - Navigating a patch of sodden soil just off a busy north Atlanta road, Alice Champagne is in search mode. She points to the foundation of a mansion built too close to a stream and a silt fence that needs to be wider.  Ms.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  Feb. 21--New Hanover County will now acquire five lots at the end of  Trails End Road for the county's newest waterfront park.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 9--What's muddying the waters at North Carolina's Clean Water Management Trust Fund? The state-funded conservation organization recently lost its executive director, and then its board chairman stepped down.
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By Doug Kreutz, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 24--You might sense something in the air as you walk along the banks of Madera Creek, treading here and there on yellow-brown leaves shed by sycamore trees.   Autumn.
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By Charles D. Perry, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Jun. 10--GREAT FALLS -- Fighting fires in Great Falls is John Jones' life.
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By BOB BUEHN  Slipping along in a kayak on one of our many creeks is a great way to see wildlife or do some stealthy fishing.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 11--As President Bush boasts of increases in funding for national parks, his administration continues to take a few steps back in other areas related to the environment. Consider proposed funding for national wildlife refuges.
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I'm worried about North Carolina's future. We are indeed privileged to live in a state of stunning natural beauty and a state that is also poised for rapid population growth in the near future.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 25--Forest fires that started in and near the Linville Gorge Wilderness in Burke County on June 8 are actively burning again due to dry conditions, U.S. Forest Service officials said.