Kimberling Creek Wilderness in the Jefferson NF

Signs of the past in Kimberling Creek Wilderness Area include huge stumps of trees cut circa 1900 and remnants of the narrow gauge railroads that carried them out.  Signs of the future include a second-growth forest maturing into protected old growth and the evergreen promise of rhododendron.  Nearly 6,000 rough and rugged acres west of Wytheville challenge those who seek wild nature.

Read more in Mark Miller's piece on Kimberling Creek Wilderness.

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