Tennessee Wilderness

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In Tennessee, a diverse group of local hikers want to see 20,000 acres of the Cherokee National Forest designated by Congress as a protected wilderness area.

Get to know this corner of the southern Appalachian forest, and advocates including an artist, a woodworker and campaign leader Jeff Hunter, in this episode of "This American Land," produced in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts.

To learn more, visit http://www.pewenvironment.org.

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