Barnardsville

There is a couple of farms.

Some friends of mine have a farm out in Barnardsville, which is north of downtown Asheville, and they lost 100% of their topsoil and took it down to bedrock.

So I will say coming at the end of September, beginning of October, most produce for the season was kind of on its way out already.

So from that standpoint, there wasn't a whole lot already coming into market, but there was definitely... an interruption to a lot of the things that we would get, like lettuces and fresh vegetables.

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Local environmental advocate Will Harlan lives in Barnardsville and works for the Center for Biological Diversity.

He wants the administration to keep the roadless rule intact because of its role in protecting the region's environment and economy.

These roadless areas are the spine, the backbone of our outdoor recreation economy.

The USDA says getting rid of the rule will better help communities fight wildfires and secure forest health.

The public has until September 21st to comment on the decision.

For NPR News, I'm Katie Myers in Barnardsville, North Carolina.

I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News in Washington.