{"id":605355,"date":"2026-04-25T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605355\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:35:10","slug":"forest-service-plan-aims-to-lower-flood-threat-to-homes-in-pisgahs-appalachian-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605355\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Service plan aims to lower flood threat to homes in Pisgah\u2019s Appalachian District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST (WLOS) \u2014 The U.S. Forest Service has announced that a team of engineers, hydrologists, foresters and biologists has developed a plan to help reduce flood risks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/pisgah-national-forest-grandfather-ranger-district-earth-day-upgrades-catawba-falls-snooks-nose-trail-g5-us-forset-service-patrick-environment-firefighteres-recreation-safety-area-community-mcdowell-tech-trail-school-old-fort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOREST SERVICE PLAN AIMS TO CUT FLOOD THREAT TO HOMES IN PISGAH\u2019S APPALACHIAN DISTRICT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfsnc\/posts\/pfbid02P2kQoCEB5tX1B3MQyLMxc1QFrfPesHkhyE86xPGe2okDUDHLQKM2ESzNBN8ZFXQdl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media pos<\/a>t, the plan is to help reduce flood risks in the Appalachian Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest.<\/p>\n<p>The Forest Service says that a large debris pile in the Walker Creek floodplain has threatened downstream structures and homes if water levels rise as they did during Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<p>According to the post, the team worked with contractors to help spread woody debris in areas less likely to move downstream and cause damage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/pisgah-national-forest-davidson-river-campground-reopening-pushed-back-two-months-bathhouse-renovations-winter-weather-heavy-snowfall-site-conditions-improvements-united-states-forest-service-modernized-visitors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DAVIDSON RIVER CAMPGROUND REOPENING PUSHED BACK TWO MONTHS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Forest Service says the woody material will help stabilize streambanks, as well as provide nutrients for aquatic organisms in streams that are naturally low in nutrients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST (WLOS) \u2014 The U.S. Forest Service has announced that a team of engineers, hydrologists, foresters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-605355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}