The forest was closed during World War II but reopened in 1948 to study forest and watershed management in the central Appalachians.

Other deer include the Moose ('), found only in the north, and the Elk ('), which, although once Eastern Elk, is now making a comeback, through transplantation, in the southern and central Appalachians.

During the Proterozoic a series of terranes were accreted onto the North American craton, forming the Piedmont of the central Appalachians.

In the central and southern Appalachians on slopes 25 percent or less, mockernut hickory grows on fine loams.

A flash flood watch was also in effect for portions of the Upper Ohio Valley, the Mid-Atlantic region, the central Appalachians and the lower Great Lakes.

Old Smoky may be a high mountain somewhere in the Ozarks or the central Appalachians, as the tune bears the stylistic hallmarks of the Scottish and Irish people who settled the region.

Yesterday's storm was caused by an area of low pressure moving northeast from the central Appalachians toward the New Jersey coast, Mr. Miner, the meteorologist, said.

Rainfall amounts were light, with a narrow area of over one inch of rain reported near its track and within the central Appalachians.

During the day on Wednesday the 14th, this secondary low strengthened rapidly and moved northeastward along the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts while the primary low dissipated in the central Appalachians.

In the western U.S. and in the central Appalachian Mountains, they are found mostly in mountainous areas.