The pandemic, over 10,000 public comments and more have all had a hand in delaying the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan. Here's the latest on the strategic plan that will manage over 1 million acres of national forest in Western North Carolina. James Melonas is the forest supervisor of the National Forests in North Carolina. Here's how he describes how close the plan is to being completed: "So it's kind of like we have the house under contract. We're moving toward closing. We haven't gone to closing