SABP also advocates for an end to corporate welfare policies that hurt our economy and natural heritage. The mountain forests of the Southern Appalachians are a priceless living treasure. Rising in north Georgia and extending into Kentucky and Virginia, Southern Appalachia hosts the highest mountains and largest collection of public land in eastern North America. Mountain balds and spruce-fir forests crest the highest peaks. Ancient rock outcrops and highland bogs rest on the mountain slopes.
Rainforests feed waterfalls which tumble into river gorges.
Precious ancient forests cloak backcountry ridges and coves. Walking through old growth forests in the Southern Appalachians, one may find as many tree species as all that occur in Europe, among them white oaks 400 years old and poplars 150 feet tall. Black bear hibernate in the heart of ancient, hollow trees. The forest floor is rich with ferns, mosses, and wildflowers. Bird songs call from nests high in the forest canopy.