Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests Land Management Plan

Tuesday, March 8th at 7:00 pm via Zoom

If you missed this event you can find the recording here .

Gary Kauffman will discuss the highlights of Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests Land Management Plan. The Nantahala and Pisgah NFs have not had a complete forest plan revision since 1987.  For the past 8 years, plan team members have been drafting plan components and meeting with interested private and governmental parties.  In late January of this year, the final revision was released.  Gary will be discussing some of the highlights, with an emphasis on ecological implications.

Gary Kauffman has been the botanist/ecologist program manager for the National Forests in NC since April of 2007.  The National Forests in NC cover 1.3 million acres across 4 forests, the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in the mountains, the Uwharrie NF in the Piedmont, and the Croatan NF in the Coastal Plain.   His duties include planning revision at the forest level which we will be discussing today, restoration of rare plant populations and rare plant communities, coordination of invasive plant programs, and environmental compliance for forest projects.

Gary has been with the USFS since 1992 previously filling the Nantahala NF botanist position from 1992 to 2000.  Gary has a master’s degree in botany/mycology.  He is originally from Ohio having moved and lived in western NC for the past 35 years. 

Please use this link to access the event.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3764716084?pwd=OVNKNTFNdkxTODJtSjBMNGNMakF5dz09