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The Blue Ridge Parkway remains the most intact example of pre- and post-World War II automotive rural parkway design. Photo from NPS Archives
Forest Festival Day & Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet
Brevard, NC • Near Milepost 410
A forestry student gives her all for her team in the speed chop competitionPhoto by Fred Ormand
Dates
Sat, Oct 2, 2010
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost
Adults: $6
Children (ages 4-15): $3
America the Beautiful Passholders: $3
Contact
USDA Forest Service
Cindy Carpenter
828.877.3265, x226
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http://www.cradleofforestry.org
Location
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Cradle of Forestry in America
NC Highway 276
(four miles south of the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 412 and 14 miles south of Brevard, NC)
More than 80 traditional craftsmen, exhibitors, forestry students, and entertainers gather at the Cradle of Forestry to celebrate our forests and forest heritage. Highlights include live music, hands-on activities for the whole family, woodcarvers, weavers, basket-makers, and the John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet, a lumberjack competition organized by Haywood Community College in Clyde, NC.
