By Eden Gervasio
Serving with AFNHA
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This year AFNHA is assisting the forest service in completing the National Visitor Use Monitoring Survey. We are collecting volume and descriptive information about visitation to the Monongahela. Each forest participates once every 5 years. Being a surveyor is providing a wonderful opportunity to travel around the state and enjoy the beauty of our forest as well as write a few haikus!
Small Salamander
Warm house under a beer box
Leave this trash as home
- Forest Road 60 near locust springs
High on the bare rocks
Climbers small as ants above
Vast landscape below
- Seneca Rocks Picnic Area
Where could this place be
Endless drive up gravel roads
Mountain top reward
- Bear Rocks Trailhead, Dolly Sods
Consistent Rain Falls
Wet Leaves spiral to the ground
Gentle patter lulls
- Forest Road 94 Holcombe
A lively soundscape
Wind, plants, animals chatter
Language of forests
- Seneca Rocks Picnic Area
Arrived, first hours fly
Perception of time changes
It creeps to the end
-Spruce Knob
Golden light through trees
Highlights of Red and Orange
Sun sinks behind hills
- Driving home on the Highland Scenic Highway
