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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/8G6DS.St.138.jpeg|418Lloyd Raleigh looks over Box Creek Box Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through. The 100 foot wide clearing for the line would run across the face of the mountain across the valley from this spectacular view. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/18Eh3Q.St.138.jpeg|414Lloyd Raleigh hikes through Box Creek Box Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through. The 100 foot wide clearing for the line would run across the face of the mountain across the valley from this spectacular view. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/tSMFg.St.138.jpeg|328Box Creek Box Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through. The 100 foot wide clearing for the line would run across the face of the mountain across the valley from this spectacular view. PANORAMIC PHOTO BY JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/5hILn.St.138.jpeg|418Rocky Face, a peak in the Box Creek Wilderness, is home to a thriving population of timber rattle snakes. Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through the valley, possibly upsetting or destroying a number of rare natural communities. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/608kh.St.138.jpeg|418The undulating topography of the Box Creek Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through. The 100 foot wide clearing would run close to the logging road across the lower part of this photo. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/2zi7y.St.138.jpeg|525Orange and pink survey ribbons in Box Creek Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/1nKvRc.St.138.jpeg|284A vulture soars over Box Creek Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/1qGGX8.St.138.jpeg|418Although the area was clear cut by Champion Paper 20 years ago, Box Creek Wilderness is returning to the wild. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/5kY9q.St.138.jpeg|414Lloyd Raleigh walks through a stand of bamboo called hill cane in the Box Creek preserve. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/11Pa3D.St.138.jpeg|525This bamboo, called hill cane, is thriving on the slopes in Box Creek. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/1tEKiC.St.138.jpeg|525Although the area was clear cut by Champion Paper 20 years ago, Box Creek Wilderness is returning to the wild. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/13/scGB6.St.138.jpeg|414Advocates for Box Creek are proposing that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. run the needed high tension power line along this abandoned railroad right of way around the perimeter of the preserve. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/12/DCtTe.St.138.jpeg|525This is the type of power line configuration that would run through the Box Creek preserve if Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. is allowed to build the new line. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/12/1gom4d.St.138.jpeg|414This is the type of power line configuration that would run through the Box Creek preserve if Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. is allowed to build the new line. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/12/1gZOpo.St.138.jpeg|328Box Creek Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve that Rutherford Electric Membership Corp. wants to run a power line through. Panoramic Photo. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/03/10/19/11/1qKUea.St.138.jpeg|107The view looking west of the Blue Ridge from Box Creek Wilderness, a privately-owned 3,300-acre preserve near Marion. Panoramic Photo. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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