Record Series Name:  Conservation Documents by other Organizations  
Physical Location:  Box 11
Record Series Value (High, Medium, Low):  Estimated as Low - Medium
Record Series Description:  In the course of performing conservation work, CMC acquired conservation documents and publications from other organizations.  These were used to further CMC conservation efforts and occasionally were retained as a reference.  Summary of records:
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
CMC 2002.2.11 1   1961 Folder; Forest Service 50th anniversary; includes five newspaper clippings from the Asheville Citizen-Times.
2    Curtis Creek Unit Draft Environmental Statement; 1976
3   North Carolina National Forests:  Forest Supervisor’s Report CY1961  
4 RARE II documents:  Draft Environmental Statement, 1978; Southern Appalachian and Atlantic Coast States, Supplement, 1978; Summary-Final Environmental Statement, Jan., 1979;  memo from Appalachian Trail Conference concerning RARE II, Mar. 23, 1979; Sierra Club newsletter on "Endangered North Carolina Wilderness;" copy of memo from "John Tompkins" on CMC proposed Wilderness areas.
5 Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan:  Correspondence between CMC and the Forest Service concerning Off-Road vehicle policy, 1975-77, eleven letters;  letters and statement from Joseph LeConte chapter of the Sierra Club concerning ORV policy, 1977;  two newsletters--"Wilderness Report" and "Northeast Outdoor Memo," with articles on ORV management plan;  memo about and copy of ORV management plan for the National Forests in North Carolina;  copy of "Forest Service Environmental Analysis Report, ORV Management Direction;"  map of the Unaka Ranger District roads and trails, with handwritten notes; copy of article from Chattanooga Times, May 4, 1975, about the Bureau of Land Management's ORV policy; copy of article titles "BLM'S ORV Plan Taken to Court;"  news release from Department of Agriculture, "No Plans to Ban ORVs from National Forests," marked 4/18/77; letter from William R. Sweet, District Ranger, to John Dickson, Dec. 5, 1989, with copy of "Environmental Assessment Report Greene Mountain Area ORV Routes;"  copy of article "Roads Less Traveled," from National Wildlife, Apr.-May, 1988; copy of "Mountain Biking in the National Forest;"
6 Great Smoky National Park: Advance copy of General Management Plan; 1972; memo from NPS about General Management Plan; copy of Assessment Table; Public Response to General Management Plan; copy of "Citizens' Wilderness Proposal for the Great Smoky Mountains;"  amendments to Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act, 7/28/87.
7 Pisgah National Forest, Pisgah District and French Broad District, Forest Plan, 1982;  Nantahala National Forest and Pisgah National Forest, Grandfather and Toecane Districts Forest Plan, 1965; list of Pisgah and Nantahala Forest management areas; trail status descriptions for Pisgah National Forest; trail acquisition status, 1984; Appalachian Trail acquisition inventory, Nantahala; CMC tails assessment; copy of "Decision Notice, North Slope forest Management Project."
8   Fire Management Plan Great Smoky National Park; 1996; Environmental Assessment of the Fire Management Plan Great Smoky National Park North Carolina and Tennessee; 1996.
9 North Carolina Mountain Treasures:  The Unprotected Wildlands of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests; 1992, Wilderness Society.
10   North Carolina Trails Committee:  1974 Annual Report
  11 File Copy: Administrative Action Environmental Assessment and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation, US 25-70, Madison County, 1986.
12 General Assembly of North Carolina 1973 Session, Senate Bill 951, Mountain Area Management Act of 1973; 93d Congress: H.R. 10469, The Eastern Wilderness Amendments of 1973.
13 Miscellaneous:  Cops of Carolina Conservationist, October 1977;  announcement for the "Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Croatan National Forest, July 26, 1986";  announcement for the "Celebration and Rededication 50th Anniversary of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, July 30, 1986; copy of "Citizens' wilderness Proposal for the Great Smoky Mountains; copy of proposed timber sale program for 1984-86; two copies of Forest Service Manual, Title 2300-Recreation Management; "News Release" describing hike on "Shut-In" trail; memo announcing draft management plan for Pisgah National Forests, with attached maps; copy of transcript of Public Hearing, June 27, 1955.