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Appalachian Trail hotspot on Roan Mountain faces land battle
On Grassy Ridge Bald atop Roan Mountain a famed Appalachian Trail overlook becomes the center of a land dispute. The Peake family, longtime owners, fought a government condemnation attempt to seize the mountaintop for public use while offering $2,100 per acre, amid tensions over access and development.
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N.C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Grassy Ridge Bald
Roan Mountain
Grassy Ridge
C. Rex Peake
Charles Miller
U.S. Forest Service
Peakes
Peake
Conservancy
U.S
Albert Gore Jr
D-Tenn
Tam
Gore
Forest Service
Max Peterson
North Georgia
Maine
Dave Startzell
Startzell
New York State
Asheville
Susan Peake
Ranger Miller
Sen. Gore
Appalachian Trail Club
National Park Service