Fall burns planned for forest, national park
Prescribed burns are planned in the Nantahala Ranger District of Nantahala National Forest and areas of Great Smoky Mountains National…
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First tracks come early at Cataloochee
Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley had its third earliest opening day in history when a winter storm and chilly…
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Home tweet home: Audubon project seeks to bolster birds, engage people
When the North Carolina Audubon Society announced its campaign to install 10,000 small-holed bird boxes to bolster the population of…
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The bugle of triumph: Elk herd success spurs tourism, scientific innovation
At 7:30 a.m., darkness is just barely beginning to lift from the pre-dawn fields and forest of Cataloochee Valley. Joe…
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A bevy of 5K’s this fall
As the weather cools down, the competitive edge will be heating up in the running communities of Western North Carolina…
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Monarchs to Mexico
Monarch butterflies, like orange autumn leaves filling the skies, have been winging it to Mexico for the last month or…
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Duke Energy Progress to replace mercury vapor lights in N.C.
Duke Energy Progress customers may see some changes in their communities as the utility embarks on a new initiative to…
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Project aims to increase sales, food stamp use at farmers markets
A partnership between the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and the Rural Advancement Foundation International is aimed at increasing farmer direct…
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WCU gets $436K to protect coastal parks
The National Park Service has awarded a $436,000 grant to the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western…
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Trout Unlimited looking for photogenic fish
Trout Unlimited is looking for fishy photos to contend for gear prizes in its 2014 photo contest. The contest is…
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Arboretum plans geocaching adventure
Geocaching will be the main topic on the agenda Saturday, Nov. 1, at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. This…
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Park offers reward for information on theft
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are offering a reward for information after artifacts were stolen from a locked display…
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Learn how to keep gardening as temps dip
A workshop on winter gardening and spring garden prep to teach gardeners how to avoid putting growing season to bed…
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Celebrate Halloween and fall at NOC
Nantahala Outdoor Center’s annual NOCtoberfest event will celebrate leaf season in the Smokies from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday,…
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Comment open for boater access trails
An environmental analysis released by the U.S. Forest Service is proposing five boater access trails in national forests in South…
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Photographer presents Blue Ridge vistas guide
Photographer and author Tim Barnwell will present his new book, Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25,…
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Rangers rescue family of six
When George and Heather Ferrell, of Louisiana, began to hike up Mount LeConte Oct. 18 with their four children, they…
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Kayak Lake Junaluska
A kayaking program from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Oct. 23 at Lake Junaluska will give paddlers of all skill levels a…
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Plowing demos at Darnell Farms
The annual Fall Plow Day at Darnell Farms in Bryson City Saturday, Oct. 25, will feature a full day of…
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Park plans prescribed burn in Cataloochee
Prescribed burns will light up the Canadian Top Knob, Mathews Branch and Noland Mountain areas adjacent to Cataloochee Valley in…
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Lead the way: Haywood artist releases frame-worthy trail guides
Ken Czarnomski has always loved sketching and writing, but as a department chair for the sustainability and construction management programs…
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Lost or found? Viral article about ‘forgotten’ Smokies town raises eyebrows
A lot of people familiar with Great Smoky Mountains National Park got a surprise earlier this month when an article…
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Do you like elk?
Cataloochee hike to feature elk and history A full-day hike Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the Cataloochee Valley area of the…
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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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