A plan to upgrade the sewage system for Snowshoe Resort got a big hard slam from columnist Ted Williams in FlyRod & Reel magazine. It seems the $23+ million state- and federally-funded project wants to take part of the historic Sharp family farm. Worse for the environment, it wants to run steep pipes amid sensitive karst caves through which groundwater runs and where a spill— the author alleges— could be catastrophic. That column from last April got the attention of the state’s director of Natural Resources who declared that the governor won’t allow such environmental degradation. Three years ago, when this long-brewing plan was getting revealed, the Sierra Club issued a similarly blistering appraisal. A group called 8 Rivers Safe Development has lent its expertise to the situation, but the discussion and debate continue, as the Pocahontas Times reports.
