[who knows what evil?]

$60, 000 x 365 = $21,900,000 the annual Smokies budget

That money belongs in Tennessee coffers, not Washington's...

[bert]

-——That money belongs in Tennessee coffers——

Well not exactly.....

The crest of the Smokies along which runs the Appalachian Trail, is the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. Then to complicate it further, a calculation of the acreage in each state would be required and pro rated to each state.

However since park head quarters an maintenance operations are on the Tennessee side, an administrative factor factor would need to be applied. Then I’m pretty sure the NC folks would raise the issue again of the road promised on their side that has been promised for ever but never built. It is also possible that since the park abuts the Cherokee Reservation, they might claim some of the acreage there.