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Forest Service closes portions of Cherokee National Forest for plane crash investigation

Jeremy Eubanks, forester trainee, takes notes on tree locations while Eric Taylor, forester, injects pesticide around the roots of a hemlock Tuesday afternoon. Foresters with the Cherokee National Forest injected a pesticide around the base of hemlocks at the Lost Creek Campground, hoping to stop the destruction of the trees by hemlock wooly adelgids. President Donald Trump's budget could have a impact on the management of the Chattanooga area's Federal Lands such as Cherokee National Forest.
Jeremy Eubanks, forester trainee, takes notes on tree locations while Eric Taylor, forester, injects pesticide around the roots of a hemlock Tuesday afternoon. Foresters with the Cherokee National Forest injected a pesticide around the base of hemlocks at the Lost Creek Campground, hoping to stop the destruction of the trees by hemlock wooly adelgids. President Donald Trump's budget could have a impact on the management of the Chattanooga area's Federal Lands such as Cherokee National Forest.

By Ben Benton 1 min read

The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that a portion of the Tellico Ranger District in the Cherokee National Forest in Monroe County, Tenn., has been closed temporarily during an investigation by the U.S. Navy into the fatal Oct. 1 crash of a Navy jet.

The aircraft was from the Naval Air Station in Meridian, Miss.

The temporary closure order applies to the following areas:

-Forest Service Road 210 – Tellico River Road from Pheasant Field Picnic Area to Stateline Campground

-Forest Service Road Beaverdam Bald Road