Tellico under fire again...can we help?
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Yes we can. I'm working on it. I will also bring it up during the pool tournament.
Southeast Overland
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Marshall - if you want to coordinate efforts let k9crazy know I am also an environmental/IT consultant and could provide some help.
Heather you got that?
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hahaha, that's funny. You are a hippy and nerd at the same time. How do you do computer work and environmental work at the same time?
On a serious note....i have a degree in forest/ecosystem management (that does not mean i know jack crap though
). I went to school at WCU, not too far from Tellico. One thing that really is surprising while reading what Heather wrote, is that these folks from Cali came to the east coast to survey the situation. That's red flag number one for me. The Appalachian ecosystem is so diverse and so different from anything out west, there is no reason a forest ranger from out there should be meddling in our ecosystems trying to draw any conclusions. A local should be used. Secondly, how in the world could this be a park and have no management plan? I was taught that every national forest/national park is managed under a comprehensive management plan. This should entale everything from erosion control, forest management and wildlife management, aesthetics, ect.... So red flag two is flying also to me by them saying there is no erosion control plan in effect. I want to do some more reading....
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Southeast Overland
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Not all environmental consultants are hippies!
Environmental work can heavily lean on IT disciplines to increase value.Edited to add smilie - no nerve struck unless Tellico gets shut down
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Sounds like a nerve was struck.
It appears we have a lot of people with backgrounds of particular relevance to this issue. Two people working as Env. Consultants, one with forest/ecosystem mgmt, and myself with Landscape Arch. and working on City and Regional Planning. Oh and Marshall who imports rugs, in case we need to bribe someone when innovative thinking fails.
It appears we have a lot of people with backgrounds of particular relevance to this issue. Two people working as Env. Consultants, one with forest/ecosystem mgmt, and myself with Landscape Arch. and working on City and Regional Planning. Oh and Marshall who imports rugs, in case we need to bribe someone when innovative thinking fails.
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hahaha, that's funny. You are a hippy and nerd at the same time. How do you do computer work and environmental work at the same time?
On a serious note....i have a degree in forest/ecosystem management (that does not mean i know jack crap though
I want to do some more reading....
Absolutely more reading is necessary! You are right in that the Forest is supposed to have a comprehensive land management plan. This is the link for the Nantahala I found:
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/nepa/nantahala_pisgah_plan/plans.htm
But, I think the difference here is that they don't have a particular plan for Tellico...or at least they don't have one that is being put into practice.
And I agree with you on red flags! The folks that were here from the west coast are specialist in OHV trails. Check out their website. http://www.fs.fed.us/trailsunlimited/. They are a for hire branch of the USFS that only does trails.
This may be something i could interest my old professors with. Maybe something they can work with their students in a "real world" basis. I will send a few emails and call them to see what they say.
We actually helped put together and implement a plan up where we wheeled....the area that had all the black cherry trees up near the bald where we camped. It encompassed wildlife/erosion and forest management (timber specifically). We even went out and measured the streams for before and after impacts of soil erosion after logging operations using different stream buffer methods to see which were the most effect. Also, the grouse hunting..... I MEAN COUNTING
was real fun too. I actually applied for one of the OHV jobs out west. It was going to be a killer gig......riding around looking at trails. It was between me and one other feller, and obviously i didn't get it because i didn't have enough experience......just a $12,000 education
