The first 6 miles of trail in a project to eventually add 42 miles in the Old Fort area of North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest have opened. That and more national forest news, from Virginia and Tennessee, in this week's report.
For more information on the trail opening and the Old Fort project, start here.
For more information on the reopening of the High Knob Recreation Area in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, go here.