- The Plan’s Wilderness Inventory identified 350,000 acres, but the Forest Service recommended protecting only 49,000 acres—less than 14%.
- More 100,000 acres of Wilderness Inventoried Areas are placed in highest-priority logging designations.
- The plan recommends the least possible amount of wilderness among all of its alternatives.
- The plan removes one current Congressionally-approved Wilderness Study Area from recommendation.
- The plan ignores 96% of public comments supporting more protected areas for the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest.
- The plan ignores the Nantahala Pisgah Forest Partnership compromise recommendation for more wilderness.