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Symbolic torch passing honors national park anniversaries
A Cherokee elder presided over a ceremonial torch passing from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park... full story
Parkway right-of-way battle hard-fought through Cherokee

Smokies elk shot down in Cataloochee Valley
A man has been arrested for shooting an elk in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last Friday... full story
Shooting bear on Parkway nets prison time

Grant to restore migration in Little T tributaries
The Little Tennessee Watershed Association has received a $75,000 grant to help restore migration for aquatic species... full story

OUTDOORS BRIEFS:
Assorted briefs
The
Naturalist's Corner

When you’re stuck in one place for 12 hours at a time, a lot of weird stuff goes through your head. The other night at work, the refrain, “I wanna go home with the armadillo,” from Texas troubadour Gary P. Nunn’s...
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Mountain Gobbler Half-Marathon and 10K, Nov. 21.
Clay County Recreation Park at Lake Chatuge outside Hayesville. Great Smoky Mountains Triathlon Club. www.thebeastoftheeast.net/race_schedule.htm.