Stop the Burning. SAVE PINE MOUNTAIN.

Widespread prescribed burning of Pine Mountain at Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park in Georgia by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is catastrophic to the established hardwood habitats (85% of the mountain); 2) detrimental to popular outdoor recreation (50,000+ hikers per year on the Pine Mountain Trail); 3) harmful to the mountain's natural, aesthetic beauty (see photos in 2010 Community Report); 4) bad for tourism and the economy ($45 million economic impact in 2008); and 5) contradictory to the core values and mission statement of the Georgia State Parks, Recreation & Historic Sites Division "to protect our state's natural beauty and historic integrity while providing opportunities for public enjoyment and education." Go to pinemountaintrail.org to help Stop the Burning and SAVE PINE MOUNTAIN.

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Outdoor recreation
• fire
• prescribed burning
• Pine Mountain
• tourism
• hiking
• hardwood habitats
• camping
• Georgia
• natural area
• beauty
• colorful leaves
• Richard Ramey
• hardwood
• oak
• hickory
• poplar
• black gum
• sweet gum
• American Beech
• Dowdell's Knob
• Neal Wickham
• fall foliage
• longleaf pine
• wildlife environment

[ydrpmg1]

I moved to Pine Mountain so I could live next to the FDR State Park and it wonderful hardwood forest. Unless you have ever lived in a hardwood forest, you cannot fully appreciate how important it is to diversity of life. There is never I day I look out of my windows overlooking the forest that I don't marvel at its beauty. FDR State Park is a destination for hikers, bikers, and campers who come from all over the southeast to enjoy this beauty. I hope I don't live to see its destruction.

[Jemalacane]

I am sick and fucking tired of the destruction of hardwood forests!

[Jemalacane]

@bdisposition Forest don't need fire every year. And the oak is only one of MANY hard wood species!

[redoaktree3]

"you have to kill the hardwoods, all of them..." That forester should be ashamed of himself.......

Has he ever heard of the Midwest? Or hell, any hardwood forest?? The use fire to managed hardwood forest!!!!!

[bdisposition]

BS. Most southern oaks can easily survive a fairly intense fire. Stop your campaign, souther forests need fire.

[reratte]

Personally, I'm on the trail atleast once a week, if not more, and my least favorite sections of the Pine Mountain Trail are the ones where the primary tree is the pine. I love the diversity and recently the change of colors this fall, that I enjoy so much in the north.

[BrewsWorld]

Not mentioned in the video is that a small stand of the rare, endangered American Chestnut trees was discovered on the mountain. They, along with many seedlings, are directly in the area of the next burn, scheduled for January, 2011. Just another reason to STOP THIS BURN!

[shinesisters]

Informative video about this terrible act. However, to reach more people, an effort should be quick & to the point. IF a person watches the video in it's entirity, and most won't, one is able to find a link at the end. Then one must type this link into a browser & follow prompts. By then, you've eliminated a huge number who might otherwise be helpful in stopping this effort. My point? To gain more concerned individuals who'd be willing to help stop this, make it short & easy.

[MrTamara68702]

This is horrible this has got to be stopped soon.they are destroying the place.

[beaudarvil]

This wasteful and misguided gov't project should be stopped. Please go to the Pine Mountain Trail website and sign up to show your opposition to this destuctive action.