Archived Outdoors

New signs at Joyce Kilmer

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Sign painter Tyler Watras stands with the new sign. Donated photo Sign painter Tyler Watras stands with the new sign. Donated photo

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest now has a new trailhead map, replacing a sign that was previously stolen. 

Partners of Joyce Kilmer and Slick Rock Wilderness commissioned the sign from Sylva-based sign painter Tyler Watras using donations from Graham County Travel and Tourism and the Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team, as well as various individuals. 

Watras reproduced the map and the poem that had accompanied it. The new sign was unveiled Saturday, Sept. 29.

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