[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16972]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 7, 2009

  Mr. COBLE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2996, the Interior, 
Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard Coble
  Bill Number: H.R. 2996
  Account: Land and Water Conservation Fund
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Uwharrie Trail, Randolph County, 
North Carolina.
  Address of Requesting Entity: U.S. Forest Service, 160 Zillicoa 
Street, Suite A, Asheville, NC 28801
  Description of Request: The bill provides $500,000 for land 
acquisition to complete the second portion of the Uwharrie Trail in 
Randolph County, NC. The Uwharrie National Forest is located in the 
Piedmont area of central North Carolina. It is located in a rural but 
developing area 40 miles from Charlotte (more than 1.3 million in 
population), and almost as near to the Research Triangle cities of 
Greenville/Raleigh and Durham, NC. At 50,189 acres, the Uwharrie is the 
smallest National Forest with the most fragmented ownership in North 
Carolina, owning only 23% of lands within the forest boundary. Land 
acquisition offers the best opportunity to consolidate this scattered 
ownership pattern and will also improve plant and wildlife habitat, 
reduce the threat to endangered species, increase recreation 
opportunities, and improve water quality in the Uwharrie River 
watershed. The Uwharrie National Recreation Trail currently runs north 
from a trailhead on Highway 24/27 near Wood Run Hunt Camp in Montgomery 
County through lands along the north portion of the Uwharrie National 
Forest in Randolph County. The current trail is 20.4 miles in length 
and provides views of the surrounding countryside containing a mixture 
of oak, hickory, maple and conifer tree communities.

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