ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Monday, January 29, 1996               TAG: 9601290059
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

IMPRESSIVE SPLASHDOWN

LENGTH: Short :   18 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY/Staff. High water from rain and melting snow 
          causes Big Tumbling Creek to live up to its name - in torrents. Big 
          Tumbling is in the Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area, which 
          is managed by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. 
          The stream pours through Smyth, Tazewell, Russell and Washington 
          counties. color.