Blue Ridge Parkway

If you've driven, hiked or biked along the magnificent Blue Ridge Parkway from Waynesboro, Va., through Western North Carolina, you've seen the spectacular mountain vistas of the ridgetops and the graceful curves of one of America's most scenic highways.Chances are you've also seen the downside of official neglect of a splendid resource. It includes encroaching development marring the view in some spots near the parkway in southwest Virginia...