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Written by Citizen-TImes
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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As the U.S. Forest Service announced that the restoration of Max Patch bald is largely complete, the agency also disclosed for the first time the names of those accused of vandalizing the popular recreation area.
Eleven people from Buncombe and Haywood counties and East Tennessee “were ordered to pay $407 each in restitution for the vandalism at Max Patch,” according to an email from Stevin Westcott, public affairs officer for the National Forests in North Carolina.
Max Patch, a 4,629-foot-high bald in Pisgah National Forest in Madison County, near the Tennessee state line, was heavily damaged in December and January by all-terrain and other off-highway vehicles that cut deep gouges into the treeless terrain. |
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