Bonne année - Voeux
Meilleurs vœux à tous, que cette nouvelle année vous apporte joie, bonheur, et santé.
2014
Temporary Closures for Cades Cove Loop Road in January
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the temporary closure of the Cades Cove Loop Road for 6 days in January to complete ...
Don't Panic!
Don't Panic! I've been very quiet on the blogging front for the last few months. But don't worry! A new post will be up on the 1...
Yon Rock Art Rock Art
Do archaeology long enough, and you'll fill your bucket with tales of people who come to you with Important Discoveries. Often as not,...
How Deer See Blue Jeans
Depth of concealment . . . not. At his Hits and Misses blog, Gerard Cox discusses another study deer vision and human camouflage : "...
Tennessee State Parks Kick off New Year with First Hikes
Tennessee State Parks has announced that it will sponsor free, guided hikes on New Year’s Day. Each state park will host its own special hik...
Partners Make Progress in Restoring Grandfather Ranger District
The U.S. Forest Service and a spectrum of partners collaborated to help restore close to 6,000 acres in the Grandfather Ranger District, Pis...
First Day Hikes to be offered at every North Carolina State Park on Jan. 1st
A North Carolina tradition continues on New Year’s Day with opportunities to exercise and reconnect with nature on First Day Hikes at every ...
Time-lapse Video of Inversion at the Grand Canyon
A rare ground inversion last Thursday filled the Grand Canyon from rim to rim with a sea of clouds. Ground inversions at Grand Canyon are a ...
Chilogate Stream Restoration Underway near Foothills Parkway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that work has begun through the Tennessee Stream Mitigation Program to restore ...
Smokies Hosts Holiday Homecoming
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host a Holiday Homecoming at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center on Saturday, December 20, 2014. The vis...
What do people think I do
What do people think that geologists do? Well, here is one answer from the Geosphere Blog . Sorry all for the delay in posting. Once I ge...
Things that Humans Do and Dogs Don't Like
M. sent me this link with a comment, "So why does Fisher seem to like it when you bonk him on the head?" Simple. Fisher Is Not Li...
Master Plan to be Prepared for Mountains-to-Sea State Trail
Ideas to be gathered from partners, stakeholders and the public will be a major component of a master planning process underway to guide com...
Smokies Plans Alum Cave Trail Restoration
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the next full-scale, Trails Forever restoration will begin on Alum Cave Trail i...
What U.S. CIty Has the Least Predictable Weather?
How many places have I visited where someone said, "If you don't like the weather here, just wait a while"? Where is that st...
Admint Calendar
So crazy it just might work. Being both a mint junkie and a anti-garbage saver of containers, I have on hand a bag full of little plastic ...
Cavalier Attitudes Redux
A few days ago, I posted about the cavalier attitude towards rape at UVA frats and their breathern elsewhere. I was among the thousands of b...
Brown's Canyon, Political Theatre, and the Changing Face of Conservation Rhetoric
I spent the afternoon in Salida at what was essentially a 500-person pep rally for the proposed Brown's Canyon National Monument in ...
Smokies Announces 39th Annual Festival of Christmas Past Programs
Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced yesterday the 39th annual Festival of Christmas Past celebration, scheduled for Saturday, Dece...
Loosies, Not the Sky of Diamonds
Plenty of people are posting about racism in law enforcement, as they should. Black and brown men have reasons to worry that don't rea...
New Superintendent Named For Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park Service Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin has named Cassius Cash, a native of Memphis, TN, as the new superintendent of ...
Smokies Receives Annual Poinsettia for Rescue 40 Years Ago
Forty years ago, on December 3, 1974, park rangers from Great Smoky Mountains National Park rescued 15-year old Eric Johnson and a companion...
Improvised Explosive Device Found In Redwood National and State Parks
A Redwood National and State Parks maintenance employee unknowingly collected an improvised explosive device (IED) at an illegal dump site o...
Smokies To Host Meetings On Firewood Pests
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are hosting public meetings to provide information about firewood pests and forest threats. Me...
GSMA Member Hike into Hazel Creek and Bone Valley
You may have heard of these remote areas, but have you ever actually seen them? Here's a peek at the Bone Valley and Hazel Creek areas o...
NC National Forests: Know Before You Go
With winter fast approaching, the U.S. Forest Service is urging outdoor enthusiasts to "Know Before You Go" and follow simple tips...
An Island in the Sky - Fall in the Higher Elevations Sequence
Below is a clip from the Great Smoky Mountains Association's first film in the Smoky Mountain Explorer Series, An Island in the Sky - Cl...
Cavalier Attitudes
Shut up and take it, b**** [To my one steadfast reader, who has noticed some Virginia-bashing here, I regret to inform you that it's h...
Seasons of the Smokies - Autumnal Equinox Sequence
Below is a clip from the Great Smoky Mountains Association's second film in the Smoky Mountain Explorer Series, Seasons of the Smokies -...
REI Awards $25,000 Grant to Support Sustainable Environmental Practices Along the Appalachian Trail
Earlier this week the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) announced that it had received a $25,000 grant from REI, a national outdoor gear a...
See, I Told You Bears Don't Like Scout Cams
Another from Gear Junkie : spooky scout/trail camera photos (some clearly PhotoShopped), but have a look at the video midway down .
Hiking in Grandfather Mountain State Park
Sitting at an elevation of 5946 feet, Grandfather Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina is best known for its "Mile Hi...
