Ball Creek Road (FS 83) and Shope Fork Road (FS 751) are OPEN.
Pickens Nose area is closed to rock climbers due to nesting Peregrine Falcons. The trail is open to visitors.
For information on tours and workshops, please contact Randy Fowler at 828-524-2128, ext. 111.
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The Future of Fish in the NC Piedmont
What will fish communities of the North Carolina Piedmont look like in the future?
“Many factors could affect this,” says U.S. Forest Service research hydrologist Peter Caldwell. “Water withdrawals could be one of the most important.”
Latest Publications
- Forests, shrubs, and terrain: top-down and bottom-up controls on forest structure
Bolstad, Paul V.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Miniat, Chelcy F. - Planning for an uncertain future restoration to mitigate water scarcity and sustain carbon sequestration
Brantley, Steven T.; Vose, James M.; Wear, David N.; Band, Larry - Regional variation of flow duration curves in the eastern United States: Process-based analyses of the interaction between climate and landscape properties
Chouaib, Wafa; Caldwell, Peter V.; Alila, Younes - Rhododendron maximum impacts seed bank composition and richness following Tsuga canadensis loss in riparian forests
Cofer, Tristan M.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Bush, Janis K.; Miniat, Chelcy F. - Implications of Upstream Flow Availability for Watershed Surface Water Supply Across the Conterminous United States
Duan, Kai; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; McNulty, Steven G.; Zhang, Yang