Word from the Smokies: Blue Ridge artist Tray Wellington builds bridges with bluegrass
Late last month, I was lucky enough to catch a special musical performance in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Smokies, Parkway visitors spend the most in the NPS, study finds
According to the recently released results of the National Park Service’s newest peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis, in 2022 North Carolina…
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Dahlias to dazzle in Highlands
The 13th annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 9, in Highlands.
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Campground closed near Tellico Plains
Indian Boundary Campground in the Cherokee National Forest near Tellico Plains, Tennessee, is now closed due to damage from a…
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Wild guests to visit NOC
Delve into the captivating world of wildlife during a 60-minute interactive experience starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at…
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Buy Mountain State Fair tickets now
Advance tickets are now on sale for the N.C. Mountain State Fair, slated for Sept. 8-17 at the Western North…
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Eat burgers, learn to fish
Learn how to fly fish with the Tuckasegee Chapter of Trout Unlimited 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at East LaPorte…
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Waynesville Rec Center to close for maintenance, expand pool hours
The Waynesville Recreation Center will close for its annual maintenance week Monday, Sept. 4, through Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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Talk land conservation with the Sierra Club
Look behind the scenes of a land conservation project with a presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Manheimer…
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Wooden trout to race in support of local organizations
Support Haywood Waterways Association and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Haywood County during the annual Trout Race slated for 2…
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Residents offer feedback on parkway plan
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is one step closer to drafting its new action plan following a series of seven…
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Film screening to show safe highway wildlife crossing efforts
The Safe Passage Fund Coalition is hosting The Crossing, a free event and screening of films highlighting road ecology in Southern…
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Book signing, benefit for Botanical Gardens
Western Carolina University’s Highlands Biological Station will be hosting a book signing event to benefit the Highlands Botanical Gardens from…
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Get outside with Haywood County Recreation
Haywood County Recreation is hosting a series of events throughout September. Here’s a look at what lies ahead
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Volunteers needed for annual stream cleanup
Join Haywood Waterways for its annual “Big Sweep” cleanup event, which will remove tons of trash from local waterways and…
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Franklin opens pickleball courts
The Town of Franklin has modified the basketball court at Memorial Park to include two new pickleball courts.
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Get Involved with Friends of Panthertown
Friends of Panthertown has two events coming up in September that will give people a chance to get involved.
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Join Jackson County Recreation
Jackson County Recreation will host a series of events throughout September.
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Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation adds to council of advisors
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation recently welcomed Bronwyn Lance to the nonprofit organization’s Council of Advisors.
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Plant more trees
The N.C. Forest Service is now accepting tree seedling orders for its annual sale.
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Audubon interim director to speak at Grandfather Mountain
Long-time Audubon staffer Curtis Smalling has been named interim executive director of Audubon North Carolina.
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Canton’s outdoor economy growing, with help from state
It’s only been open for about a year, but Canton’s Chestnut Mountain Park has already proven a popular, unique regional…
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Notes from a plant nerd: A jewel among wildflowers
Among my favorite plants to teach to children is jewelweed (Impatiens capensis & I. pallida).
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BioBlitz documents diversity in the Craggies
In a single-day BioBlitz aimed at documenting biodiversity in the Craggy Mountains, 100 people photographed 1,603 organisms representing 647 species.
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Volunteers needed for Kids in the Creek
Kids in the Creek is putting out a call for volunteers for events on Sept. 11-12.
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HCC hosts hunter safety classes
Haywood Community College’s Department of Arts, Sciences, and Natural Resources and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a…
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Panthertown guidebook publisher donates to stewardship nonprofit
Panthertown Map Association, nonprofit publishers of Burt Kornegay’s “A Guide’s Guide to Panthertown,” has made a $7,500 donation to Friends of…
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Fish Qualla country
A trout tournament offering $20,000 in prizes will hit Cherokee’s pristine streams Aug. 26-27.
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Update on GSMNP trail, road closures
Maintenance crews will implement temporary, single-lane closures along the northbound and southbound Spur through Aug. 17 and again Aug. 21-24.
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NPS issues decision on Gatlinburg Spur improvements
The National Park Service issued a decision and a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Gatlinburg Spur Improvements Environmental…
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Go birding
The Franklin Bird Club leads weekly birding walks along the Little Tennessee River Greenway in Franklin at 8 a.m. Wednesday…
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WRC announces hunting webinars
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) is offering six free hunting-related webinars September through December.
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Park adds new members to management team
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials welcomed two new members to the Park Management Team.
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MADE X MTNS announces grants
MADE X MTNS announced grant recipients of its Outdoor Equity Fund.
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Softball starting in Waynesville
Get ready for softball season with an organizational meeting for an adult co-ed league at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21,…
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Be prepared outdoors
Learn how to stay safe in the woods with a course 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at…
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Harrowing MST maintenance project complete
Four years ago, the Carolina Mountain Club identified the “forgotten 14” as an unsafe section within its 155-mile maintenance responsibility…
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July finishes hot for N.C.
Following two months of cooler-than-average temperatures, July came in hot in North Carolina. According to the N.C. State Climate Office,…
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Assessment referendum coming up for tomato growers
The N.C. Tomato Growers Association will conduct an August referendum on assessments per harvested commercial tomatoes.
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Rehab Sam Knob
Help the Carolina Mountain Club rehabilitate the trail to the Sam Knob summit during a workday Saturday, Aug. 19.
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Kids science program expands to Cherokee
A Cherokee Preservation Foundation grant awarded in March is allowing the N.C. Arboretum’s ecoEXPLORE program to deliver monthly environmental programming…
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Help Blue Ridge Parkway communities plan their strategy
A series of meetings this month in seven communities along the Blue Ridge Parkway will help formulate an action plan…
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Bear scratches Smokies visitor, causing road closure
Rich Mountain Road in the Cades Cove area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closed to all traffic…
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Up Moses Creek: ‘It’s a Wild World’
I hiked up the ridge behind our house early one July morning and saw an eastern box turtle with a millipede…
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Wish Haywood Waterways a happy 25th birthday
Help Haywood Waterways Association celebrate its 25th birthday with trivia and reminiscing 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at BearWaters in…
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Bird Buck Springs
Go birding at Buck Spring along the Blue Ridge Parkway with an expedition meeting 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at…
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E. coli testing yields mixed results in Little Tennessee, Hiawassee watersheds
Halfway through the season for its weekly E. coli sampling program in Western North Carolina swimming holes, MountainTrue reported 11…
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Get schooled in the Smokies
Catch a doubleheader in mountain education with a pair of programs offered through the University of Tennessee Smoky Mountain Field…
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Word from the Smokies: Dykeman namesake among three new Smokies spiders
By Frances Figart • Contributing writer | Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many…
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