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December 03, 2006
A Road Runs Through It - Or Not
Last week while returning from my hike of the Fires Creek Rim Trail, I passed a number of signs along US 64 in Western North Carolina protesting the proposal to build a new interstate highway (I-3) in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tenessee. I-3 is the brainchild of US Congressman Charlie Norwood from Georgia. This interstate highway would link Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee and cut a destructive swath through the heart of the Southern Appalachians. This would impact a number of hiking trails including the Appalachian Trail, the Bartram Trail, and the Benton MacKaye Trail, just to name a few.
With the results of the recent election in, it looks like I-3 may be on the ropes. At least that's the judgment of the Knoxville Metro Pulse.
Until the proposal for I-3 is dead and buried, American Hiking Society and the other members of the Stop I-3 Coalition will not cease in our resistance to this foolhardy project.
That's brings me to a new book that I'm currently reading. A Road Runs Through It: Reviving Wild Places is a new collection of essays from more than two dozen writers including David Quammen, Peter Matthiessen, Barry Lopez, Edward Abbey, and Janisse Ray. Proceeds from the book benefit Wildlands CPR. This book explores the impacts of roads upon wild places. Check it out!
Conservation | By Jeffrey Hunter | 06:58 PM
