Groups hail end of logging project in Poplar, N.C.

POPLAR, N.C. (WJHL) — Public land advocates won a partial victory at the head of the rugged Nolichucky River gorge recently, but the scars remain for now: easily visible roadbeds for a now-ceased logging operation cut into steep slopes rising above the tiny hamlet of Poplar. Originally contracted for 94 acres in a rugged, roadless [...]