Clossiana euphrosyne, le Grand collier argenté
Le Grand collier argenté, Clossiana euphrosyne, papillon à la robe fauve orangée d'une envergure d'environ 4,5 cm ne pose pas trop d...
juillet 2013
Smokies Hosts Public Meetings to Provide Updates on Roadwork Projects
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials invite the public to a meeting for a project update on current and future roadwork plans for N...
Blog update #5
Wow! 50,000 page views earlier today. Admittedly, about 20% seem to be bots, but I could never have thought that in less than two years I sh...
NPS Denies Madison County Request to Establish New Park Entrance for Shenandoah
Shenandoah National Park Superintendent Jim Northup announced yesterday that he has denied Madison County's request to establish a new e...
Heart Attack Victim Saved in Shenandoah
NPS Digest is reporting this morning that on July 10th, Shenandoah National Park employees responded to a report of a 71-year-old man experi...
Take Your Kid 'Squatching'
Introduce your kids to the outdoors by searching for the most elusive free-range primate of all: Bigfoot. Tracks and other evidence were fou...
One Love Loop
Truth be told, it was just the odds catching up, I guess, but yesterday it felt like a spell was broken. For the past few laps around the ...
Rangers In Swiftwater Rescue Course Rescue Several Boaters
While participating in a 40-hour swiftwater rescue technician certification training course on the Chattahoochee River on Friday, July 12th,...
How dry has it been? Tumbleweed Dry
I mowed the lawn at the guest cabin today — such is the payoff after having more than four inches of rain this month. But it has been dry. H...
Special Evening Hike to Showcase Hidden Stories of Cumbelrand Gap
The staff at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park eagerly heralds the third annual “Within the Shadows of Cumberland Gap Heritage Walk” b...
2013 Trails Forever Volunteer Workday Schedule
The Trails Forever crew is looking for a few volunteers to help with trail maintenance in the Smokies over the next several weeks. The vol...
Forsake Fossil Fuel
Of all the energy sources powering the blogosphere, dissatisfaction with the status quo ranks pretty high. From carefully constructed crit...
Twelve Injured By Lightning In Two Separate Incidents on Blue Ridge Parkway
NPS Digest is reporting this morning that twelve Blue Ridge Parkway visitors were injured - two of them were hospitalized - after being stru...
Summer Ranger Programs in Shenandoah National Park
With a little over a month left before Ranger Programs shift to their fall schedule, the time is now to plan to get out and see Shenandoah N...
August Classic Hikes of the Smokies: Mt. Sterling Vistas
On the third Tuesday of each month this year, Friends of the Smokies will be offering guided hikes as part of their Classic Hikes of the...
Dying for Beauty
The Wave (Wikimedia Commons) You have heard of the Darwin Awards . I propose the Everett Ruess Award. Ruess was a young California artist...
Building a Treehouse
That dog is one hell of a supervisor. A couple weekends ago, the kids and I built a treehouse. I guess "house" is an exaggeratio...
Local Teachers and Students Become Park Rangers
Great Smoky Mountains Park officials announced the completion of two unique summer programs engaging selected high school students and teach...
GAO Report Identifies Maintenance Gaps on National Forest Trails
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was recently asked by members of Congress to review the U.S. Forest Service's trail main...
Colorado's Redwoods
The Big Stump, a fossilized redwood, was once the pride of a commercial resort at the site. The tree would have been a little larger than ...
Yellow Wooly Bear Moth
This pretty critter looks like it’s wearing a fur trimmed cape. I love God’s humor when it pertains to some of his creations!
Coming to Terms with the Pike
A typical view on the Pike's Peak Ranger District When I lived further north, I spent a lot of time on the Pike National Forest, and b...
Smokies To Host Storyteller Doug Elliott
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials invite the public to attend a special program titled Stories, Songs, and Lore Celebrating the ...
Section of Blue Ridge Parkway Closed Due to Cracks in the Pavement
A 21-mile section of the historic 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina is closed from Milepost 376 at Ox Creek Road, to Milepost 35...
Civil War Music with Sparky and Rhonda Rucker at Sugarlands Visitor Center
Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced a free special music program featuring old-time musicians Sparky and Rhonda Rucker. The ev...
Guided Hike to a Big South Fork Rock Shelter this Sunday
A ranger guided hike to a rock shelter along the Oscar Blevins Trail will take place on Sunday, July 21st, near the Bandy Creek Visitor Cent...
Mammoth Cave National Park – what does it mean to you?
Mammoth Cave National Park – what does it mean to you? That's what Superintendent Sarah Craighead is asking as Mammoth Cave National Par...
Low Expectations
Even before the jury returned it's sad verdict in the Zimmerman-killed-Martin case, news media were salivating over the net story: wou...
Your Shipment Has Arrived and Is Running Down the Creek
Beaver contemplating bigger things. I wrote once before about how the Department of Rain handles back orders. Only this time instead of a...
