Citico Creek Wilderness
Citico Creek Wilderness | |
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wilderness area) | |
Location | Monroe County, Tennessee, USA |
Nearest city | Tapoco, North Carolina |
Coordinates | 35°24′17″N 84°03′02″W / 35.40472°N 84.05056°W |
Area | 16,226 acres (66 km2) |
Established | 1984 |
Governing body | U.S. Forest Service |
Citico Creek Wilderness is a 16,226-acre (66 km2)
History
Citico Creek is named after the ancient
Most of the Citico Creek watershed was logged in the early 1920s by the Babcock Lumber Company, and most of what was not logged was destroyed by a massive forest fire in 1925. The United States Forest Service purchased the devastated land in the 1930s, and its policy of allowing natural processes to heal the forest has led to the development of a mature, second-growth deciduous forest along Citico Creek.
Forest
Diverse
While most of the forest is second-growth, two pockets of
Recreation and protection
Citico Creek Wilderness is bordered on the east by the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness and on the north by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (on the other side of the Little Tennessee River). The Bald River Gorge Wilderness is located immediately to the southwest. The Cherohala Skyway traverses the southern boundary of the Citico Creek Wilderness, and the Benton MacKaye Trail roughly follows its eastern boundary.[citation needed]
See also
- Appalachian Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
- Wilderness Act
References
- ^ Citico CreekWilderness - Wilderness.net
- ^ Jefferson Chapman, Tellico Archaeology: 12,000 Years of Native American History (Norris, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1985).
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Citico Creek: Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Wilderness Study Report (14 June 1982), 3.
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Citico Creek: Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Wilderness Study Report (14 June 1982), 3.
External links
- Citico Creek Wilderness - Wilderness.net