Stop the North Shore road! Keep Elkmont Natural!

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most heavily visited of our country's National Parks with more than 9 million visitors annually. This region of incomparable beauty and biological diversity has earned it the recognition of the United Nations as an International Biosphere Reserve, and it is also designated as a World Heritage Site. But the park's scenic and biological attributes have not spared it from various threats over the years. At the present time there are four major proposals that pose serious harm to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including the proposed North Shore Road. This road would slice through 34 miles of the Great Smoky Mountains, destroying habitat and water quality in its wake. The Sierra Club seeks to protect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from further development and maintain its existing natural beauty for future generations. The Sierra Club seeks to affect change legislatively and administratively by activating volunteers in the public process, public education and media work. South Appalachian Forest Coalition More information on the Great Smoky Mountains is available on the Tennesse Chapter's Harvey Broome Group Web site. Read this article: "Should We Develop the Great Smoky Mountain National Park?" North Shore Road -- a project that would cause irreparable harm. Elkmont Area -- restore this area to its natural state. Protect the Great Smoky Mountains from further development Photo courtesy NPS.