New River Gorge releases Trail Development Plan
New River Gorge National River officials announced yesterday that the Trail Development Plan - Phase One/Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) ...
février 2013
Anax tumorifer (Madagascar)
Cet Anax tumorifer, photographié en forêt d'Ialatsara à proximité d'Ambohimahasoa, est endémique à Madagascar et ressemble comme deu...
Mad Winter Tumbleweed Sex
A 2006 tumbleweed storm in Pueblo West, Colorado. Brought from Russia in the 1870s by the Volga Germans or someone, bless their little hea...
Great Smoky Mountains has Greatest Impact on Local Economies throughout the National Park System
As the National Park Service moves closer to its second century, one of the key indicators of how parks are doing, and how the NPS is fulfil...
What would you see if you went hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park?
What would you see if you went hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park? Hopefully this video, which I recently published, will partially answ...
Governor Hickenlooper's High-Capacity Dilemma
For President Obama, the Keystone Pipeline project forces him to chose between two constituencies, labor unions and environmentalists. (Pred...
Furcifer lateralis (Madagascar)
Ce Caméléon bien coloré, Furcifer lateralis, endémique de Madagascar est assez répandu dans l'île puisqu'on le trouve assez couramme...
Chronic Wasting Disease in White-tailed Deer: National Park Service Requests Your Input
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an infectious pathogen that has been detected in white-tailed deer populations within 22 miles of Shenand...
Blount County Commission Condemns Backcountry Camping Fees
On February 13th Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials implemented the highly controversial backcountry camping fee plan. In respons...
Long-time Smokies Volunteer Wins Hartzog Award
This past Thursday night seven Park Rangers and Volunteers were honored in Washington, DC for their outstanding service to the National Park...
Undercover Wildlife Poaching Operation also targets violators in the Smokies
Yesterday I posted an article about Operation Something Bruin, an undercover wildlife poaching operation that has targeted about 80 wildli...
Bats, Birds, Bighorns: Colorado's Wildlife Festivals
Mallards in the San Luis Valley, from Crane Festival website. I remember how when the Monte Vista Crane Festival started in the 1980s I t...
Starting a New Adventure!
I’ve finally decided to start a second blog and it’s called Mamabug’s Kitchen. I hope you’ll venture over and check it out when you get a ch...
Peucetia madagascariensis (Madagascar)
Cette macrophotographie de Peucetia Madagascariensis, une grande araignée vivement colorée appartenant à la famille des Oxyopidae, a été réa...
Bats in Crisis: Nature's Natural Pest Patrol in Peril
The National Park Service has released Bats in Crisis, three videos about white-nose syndrome, a disease that is decimating bat populations ...
How I Spent Last Weekend
I could describe it, or I could just embed Eric Lynn's video. Hmmm, which is harder?
Caught on Film: Two Bull Elk "battle it out" in the Smokies
Aaron Morrell from Waynesville, NC (and Grae Skye Studio), caught this titantic battle between two bull elk in the Smoky Mountains this past...
New National Water Trails System Website Rolled Out
Outdoor recreationalists can now experience the new National Water Trails System through a brand new interactive website that connects users...
NC Classic Hikes of the Smokies resumes next month
Friends of the Smokies monthly NC Classic Hikes of the Smokies, led by Danny Bernstein, will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month begin...
Prescribed Fire Season at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
As part of a program to use "managed fire" inside the park, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park will be burning 286 acres near...
Phyllocrania paradoxa (Madagascar)
Communément appelée la Mante feuille, Phyllocrania paradoxa est un véritable phénomène de mimétisme par son aspect qui la fait ressembler à ...
Mammoth Cave "grows" another 10 miles
Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave in the world, is now a little bit longer. On Friday, at the Mammoth Cave Science Symposium, Park Superi...
Record-level visits to North Carolina State Parks continued in 2012
Earlier in the week the N.C Division of Parks and Recreation announced that visitation at North Carolina’s state parks and state recreation ...
Northern Pygmy With Indigestion Over The Varied Thrush It Just Ate
A full stomach doesn't make you feel Good. Digesting The Contents of Life Does. ~
Northern Pygmy With Indigestion Over The Varied Thrush It Just Ate
A full stomach doesn't make you feel Good. Digesting The Contents of Life Does. ~
Coléoptère indéterminé (Madagascar)
Ce Coléoptère photographié sur la route de Manakara au sud-est de Madagascar ne m'a pas livré son identité malgré une carapace ressembla...
Tract Adjacent to Grassy Ridge on Roan Mountain now Protected
This week the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy announced the recent purchase of a 601-acre tract of land that will protect areas a...
Plan Revision Meetings Scheduled across Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests
The U.S. Forest Service National Forests in North Carolina today announced that all six district public meetings are now scheduled as part o...
Clingmans Dome Road to Open (possibly as early as tomorrow)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced today that Clingmans Dome Road, a popular high elevation visitor destination, will open to tra...
Registration Opens for the Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage
Registration opened today for the 63rd Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. The four-day event offers 141 professionally guided walks and in...
Wildlife Commission Supports Prescribed Fire at Linville Gorge
In a press release published earlier in the week, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced that it was joining other agencies and or...
Park and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Partner to Offer Early Completion Incentive for Newfound Gap Road Repairs
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) have partnered together to offer an early completion inc...
The Westcliffe Saw-whet: Our Transport Season Starts
Saw-whet owl in a cardboard box. Yes, what about that left eye? The phone rang this afternoon, and it was the director of the Raptor Cent...
Park Roads and Trails Closed Due to Flood Damage
Great Smoky Mountains National Park suffered significant damage to park roads and trails following a flood event two weeks ago, resulting in...
Thousands Of Snow Geese Landing To Eat Grass On Fir Island Next To The Skagit River
Judgments Keep Us Isolated In Our Own Self Made Cells. However, We Can Pardon Ourselves and the World We See So That We Can All Op...
Thousands Of Snow Geese Landing To Eat Grass On Fir Island Next To The Skagit River
Judgments Keep Us Isolated In Our Own Self Made Cells. However, We Can Pardon Ourselves and the World We See So That We Can All Op...
Views From Lewis Butte Above Winthrop WA
When You Climb High, Put Your Attention On Soaring Instead of Being Sore. ~
Views From Lewis Butte Above Winthrop WA
When You Climb High, Put Your Attention On Soaring Instead of Being Sore. ~
Ammophila sp. (Madagascar)
J'ose Ammophila sp. pour cet Hyménoptère photographié au bord du Canal des Pangalanes près de Manakara dans le sud-est de Madagascar. Am...
Up the Line to Death
Years ago, I read Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire (1992), which is an old man's book. He was in his eighties when he wrote i...
Mountain Reflections Upon An Early Spring In The Methow
An OATH leads you down a PATH, While A VOW brings you into the NOW. ~
Mountain Reflections Upon An Early Spring In The Methow
An OATH leads you down a PATH, While A VOW brings you into the NOW. ~
Trumpeter Swan Family Flying and Circling To Land In Western Washington State
Serve Connections... as you Sever Bonds. ~
Trumpeter Swan Family Flying and Circling To Land In Western Washington State
Serve Connections... as you Sever Bonds. ~
From Denver to Escalante Canyon
Captain Smith's cabin in Escalante Canyon (Colorado Preservation Inc.) Some historic structures in Colorado are deemed worthy of a pla...
One Day in Yosemite
On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 30 filmmakers converged in Yosemite to document one day in the life of the national park. Viewers of the film see...
Think SPRING!!!!
I t rained this morning, but by early afternoon the sun was peeping out from behind the clouds. I saw a sunny little bunch of yellow flowers...
