Clean water grants fund WNC projects
Western North Carolina won big in the newest round of grants from the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund. The…
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Bryson fly shop to hold grand opening
Tuckaseegee Fly Shop, a new Bryson City business offering the town’s only full service fly shop, will hold its grand…
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Stocking cancelled in three Jackson lakes
Three lakes in Jackson County will go without trout stocking this fall due to low water levels stemming from maintenance…
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Year of the acorn in WNC
It looks like 2014 will go into the history books as “The Year of the Acorn,” according to Friends of…
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What do you want from your national forest?
The U.S. Forest Service is holding the next round of public meetings on the Forest Management Plan for Pisgah and…
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Swain students tackle trash in the Big Sweep
Swain Middle School students in the New Century Scholars Program and the afterschool program volunteered to help remove over 45…
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Black Balsam Road reopens
Black Balsam Road is now open, restoring access to a popular trailhead and jumping off point for the Shining Rock…
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A bon voyage: Cherokee teacher wins national fellowship, brings global perspective to classroom
After landing back in the Eastern Time Zone, Jessica Metz had a hard time keeping her thoughts still. Eight days…
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Bethel Organization honored as heritage keeper
The Bethel Rural Community Organization was recognized with the Mountain Heritage award at the recent Mountain Heritage Day festival held…
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Get your fall on with Lake Logan paddle
A paddle tour of Lake Logan in Haywood County will be held on Sunday, Oct. 19, with Haywood Waterways Association,…
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Putting Haywood on the road-cycling map
A workshop and strategy session on making Haywood County a premier road biking destination will be held from 1:30 to…
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Student project looks to revitalize city park
An effort to breathe new life into a neglected Waynesville park will be the focus of the next Trout Unlimited…
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Smokies have new acting superintendent
Great Smoky Mountains National Parkhas a new acting superintendent following Dale Ditmanson retired as superintendent in January after nearly 10…
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Grants to help farmers branch out
Western North Carolina farmers can apply for farm diversification grants over the next two years totaling $340,000.
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Still time if you hurry
I’ve been on the Blue Ridge Parkway the last couple of weekends and have made it a point to stop…
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Gardening Grant helps at the Open Door
A pair of grants from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources will help improve water resources in Haywood…
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Road and trail closure
• Ball Creek Road, a U.S. Forest Service road that begins at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and ends at Upper Nantahala…
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Fall programs in the Smokies
A lineup of fall interpretive programs is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will run through the end of…
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Brook trout to join the license plate lineup
There’s a new specialty license plate coming soon: the brook trout plate.
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Declining bat populations force Smokies cave closure
White-nosed bat syndrome is marching west, and as a result the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed the Whiteoak…
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Training program partners Smokies and Southeast Asian parks
Cambodia and Thailand might be on the other side of the world from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but…
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A dry September means fall color forecast is looking up
The outlook for a bright leaf season is improving, as Western Carolina University fearless fall foliage forecaster Kathy Mathews has…
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Timbersports team chops its way toward season opener
Orange chaps clipped around their legs, Rankin Fender and Zac O’Connor square off inside the sawdust-and-bark-filled woodshed at Haywood Community…
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Timbersports team to take on competition
Chopping, sawing, axe throwing, tree climbing, log rolling and more will be on tap during an intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet Saturday,…
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Forestry to Forest Festival coming up at Cradle of Forestry
The Cradle of Forestry’s Forest Festival Day will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. More than…
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Smokies celebrates Wilderness Act
Ed Zahniser, son of the man who was widely regarded as the father of the Wilderness Act, will speak at…
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NOC recognized as top 100
Outdoor USA Magazine named Nantahala Outdoor Center, located outside Bryson City, as one of the top 100 outdoor specialty retailers…
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Franklin loves the AT, and the AT loves Franklin
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy recently recognized a passel of Franklin businesses and organizations for their support of the Appalachian Trail,…
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Down by the water: Waynesville Rec gets busy with $25,000 worth of paddling equipment
“I’m gonna mark the spot with an X, right here,” says Tim Petrea, program supervisor for the Waynesville Parks and…
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Ahead of the CuRvE: Cullowhee group look to river park for downtown revitalization
Downtown Cullowhee doesn’t look much like the thriving little town Rick Bennett found when he first moved to Jackson County…
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Program takes on nuisance beavers
Jackson County residents having problems with nuisance beavers can get help through the N.C. Beaver Management Assistance Program, locally administrated…
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Get out and say goodbye
At last! I finally had a birding outing planned last Saturday – the first one since April when I helped…
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NOC says thanks with weekend of fun
The Guest Appreciation Festival at Nantahala Outdoor Center Sept. 26-28 will feature an array of activities and attractions for outdoors…
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Stream volunteers wanted
Volunteers are needed to help monitor stream quality in Haywood County, and a training program 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
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Elk rut spells caution for Smokies visitors
It’s breeding season for elk, and that means that fields in the Cataloochee and Oconaluftee areas of the Great Smoky…
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Audubon study analyzes expected impact of climate change
A National Audubon Society study of bird species in the continental United States and Canada released last week shows that…
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Haywood Waterways hike to hit salamander capital of the world
A hike to the salamander capital of the world will come bundled with highland views and explanation from a National…
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On the way to Trout City: Bryson City trout waters to get some cred
Bryson City will soon have another feather in the cap proving its worth as an outdoors Mecca. If all goes…
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The red wolf saga continues
The next step for the endangered red wolf in Eastern North Carolina is an evaluation commissioned by U.S. Fish and…
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Used outdoor gear sought to fund clinic in rural Kenya
MedicForce, a nonprofit that provides medical care and clinics in remote, third-world areas, is looking for donations of used outdoor…
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Ginseng poacher caught for fourth time, and behind bars again
A Bryson City man will serve five months and 15 days in jail for illegally harvesting 83 American ginseng roots…
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Farm tour features gardens, ranches, orchards, and homesteads
A self-guided tour of 37 farms in a several-county region of the mountains will be held Sept. 20-21, giving locavores…
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Party with PARI
The Friends of Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute’s will unveil a new outdoor amphitheater planetarium with an adjoining nature center on…
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Cherokee help sicklefin redhorse make a comeback
A new fisheries program on the Cherokee Reservation aims to restore the imperiled sicklefin redhorse fish to its native habitat…
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Hemlock Initiative looks for solution to adelgid tragedy
A trio of projects will launch renewed efforts to save the eastern hemlock following awards of $75,000 under the Hemlock…
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Sunburst’s trout jerky, caviar gets boost
Sunburst Trout Farms in Haywood County has received a $150,000 matching fund USDA Value Added Producers Grant.
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Beyond blueberries: Backyard cornucopia revealed at native plants conference
Taking a walk with Ila Hatter is the outdoors equivalent of sitting beside a scrapbooker as she pages through the…
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Fish food: Aquaponics offers full-circle farming
Tucked away along a squirrely offshoot of Jonathan Creek Road, Dennis “Bear” Forsythe’s 15-by-15-foot greenhouse is like his own private…
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