Outdoors
Bear canisters required in Panthertown
The U.S. Forest Service is now requiring anybody who stays overnight in Panthertown Valley to use a bear canister or place odiferous items in one of the three bear lockers installed in the popular backcountry area. More bear lockers will be installed in the future.
Haywood septic repair project earns award
A project aiming to keep drinking water clean by helping people repair failing septic systems has earned Haywood County organizations statewide recognition from the N.C. Source Water Collaborative.
Grant project aims to boost Parkway’s economic impact
A pair of grants totaling $911,000 aim to support economic development planning in the Blue Ridge Parkway corridor, including both Virginia and North Carolina.
Large Pinnacle Mountains tract protected
A 960-acre conservation purchase in McDowell County protects an ecologically important area along the Pinnacle Mountains.
Right in rain: After 15 years of forecasting, Local Yokel is shifting focus
Preston Jacobsen, a man some know better as the Local Yokel Weather guy, comes by his love of meteorology honestly.
GSMA projects pull in awards
The Great Smoky Mountains Association has earned some recognition recently for producing top-tier educational materials.
No new CWD cases discovered after processing samples
After processing about 7,000 deer tissue samples, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission hasn’t found any instances of Chronic Wasting Disease outside the single positive result returned from a deer in Yadkin County.
