Ironically, the same district straddles the Appalachian Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway near the James River, and is an increasingly popular destination for outdoors lovers.
People come here to fish the native trout streams and hike the numerous scenic trails.
Unfortunately, the Glenwood continues to promote logging and road-building at the expense of other values. The sales were planned in remote, unroaded areas and in habitat for important species, like salamanders, bears and cerulean warblers. Bannister Branch timber sale, which could include intensive logging on 130 acres and 1.25 miles of roads. The sale is just one installment in another tri-part series of timber sales. This sale includes logging in rich, old cove sites upstream from two trout streams.