North Carolina recently gained more public land and a breathtaking waterfall thanks to bipartisan legislative support. President Obama signed the 2010 Interior Appropriations bill which gave Pisgah and Uwharrie National Forests more acreage.

The support for the appropriations bill in North Carolina came from Rep. Heath Shuler (D-11th), Rep. David Price (D-4th), Rep. Howard Coble (R-6th) and Senator Kay Hagen (D-NC).