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DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) - Land from a 2,000-acre wilderness area in Rhea County will become part of a 300-mile state park stretching from Georgia to Kentucky, state officials say.
"It is a state natural area and will also become part of the Cumberland Trail State Park and be managed in the state parks system for hiking and day use," said Tisha Calabrese-Benton, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
The Laurel-Snow Pocket Wilderness area in Rhea County, which is owned by Greenville, S.C.-based paper company Bowater Inc. and administered by the state, will become part of the first linear state park in Tennessee, Calabrese-Benton said.
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