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Greenways
American
Greenways Program
- A comprehensive resource from The Conservation Fund.
Little Tennessee
River Valley & Environs
Franklin
Chamber of Commerce - Information about the Franklin, NC area.
Macon
County Community Web - An electronic door to the community.
Little
Tennessee Watershed Association - Dedicated to the conservation and
improvement of water quality and habitat in the Little Tennessee Watershed.
Duke Power - Nantahala
Area - Duke Power - Nantahala Area operates eleven hydroelectric plants
in six counties in the mountainous region of southwestern North Carolina.
Town of Franklin -
Official website of the Town of Franklin.
Volunteer Council
of Franklin - Learn about area nonprofits and volunteer
opportunities.
Macon County, North Carolina
River Sites and Contacts
International
Rivers Network - Contact river related organizations all over the
world.
American Rivers
- "Bringing Rivers to Life."
River
Restoration
EPA
Site - River Corridors and Wetlands Restoration
Wetlands
The
E.P.A. Office of Water - An attractive & informative wetlands
site.
Wetlands
Delineation Manual - A technical information resource
from the Corps of Engineers.
National
Audubon Society Wetlands Campaign - How you can help save wetlands
and wildlife.
Wildlife
North
Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission - A valuable site with much
information about wildlife in North Carolina, the State Nongame &
Endangered Wildlife Fund, hunting and fishing regulations, and more.
Monarch
Watch
North
Carolina Birding Trail
Frogs
of North Carolina
Conservation
Land Trusts
The
Land Trust for the Little Tennessee - Conserving the rural lands,
forests, and waters of the upper Little Tennessee and Hiwassee River valleys.
Southern
Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) - SAHC was the parent organization
of The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee.
Land Trust Alliance -
Links to land trusts and allied sites
Trails
and Hiking
Nantahala
Hiking Club - The Nantahala Hiking Club is one of the member-maintaining
clubs of the Appalachian Trail Conference.
Appalachian
Trail Conservancy - The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is a volunteer-based,
private nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the 2,175-mile
Appalachian National Scenic Trail, a 250,000-acre greenway extending from
Maine to Georgia.
Bartram Trail
- The official site
of the Bartram Trail Conference, Inc.
The
North Carolina Bartram Trail Society - The
North Carolina Bartram Trail Society maintains a 100 mile memorial trail
in the state of North Carolina, in honor of the Philadelphian naturalist,
William Bartram, who traveled throughout the southeast from 1773 to 1777.
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