Man indicted on attempted murder, sexual assualt charges in Smokies incident
U.S. Attorney William C. Killian announced yesterday that a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a three count indictment on December 3,...
février 2014
Great Smokies Seeks Volunteers Interested in Citizen Science
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is seeking volunteers to help with an important research project, in an effort to better track nature’s ...
Prescribed Burns Planned for Nantahala National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service plans to conduct a series of prescribed burns over the next 3 – 6 weeks on a total of about 3,500 acres of the Nanta...
The Ghost Ranch
The Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, New Mexico is truly an enchanting landscape. It was once the summer home of Georgia O'Keeffe, an artist be...
Friends of the Smokies Announces 2014 Classic Hikes of the Smokies Series
Explore America’s most visited national park on guided hiking tours with Friends of the Smokies. See stunning vistas, tumbling waterfalls, a...
Major Reroute of Benton MacKaye Trail Entering Smokies
Earlier this week the Benton MacKaye Trail Association announced that an agreement has been made for a major reroute of the Benton MacKaye T...
27 Degrees
These shots are from January 20th, and it may or may not have been 27 degrees Fahrenhite, but it was one of those crisp high pressure days...
Temporary Road Closures on Blue Ridge Parkway for Routine Maintenance
Beginning Monday morning, March 17, 2014,and continuing for one week, Blue Ridge Parkway maintenance personnel will be conducting cutting op...
GSMA Announces Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Dates
Registration is now open for the 64th Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage, which will be held April 15th thru the 19th. This year's five...
"As We Ran" by "The National Parks"
A band by the name of "The National Parks" has just released a new single and video (below) called "As We Ran." The sing...
Rocky Mountain National Park
58NationalParks produced this excellent overview of Rocky Mountain National Park. If this video inspires you to visit Rocky Mountain this ...
Multiple downed trees on trails in Red River Gorge
After two weeks of road closures due to ice, snow and downed trees, some Forest Service roads remain closed in the Red River Gorge . High ...
Gold Medal Water versus Over the River
In January, the Colorado Div. of Parks and Wildlife named much of the Arkansas River a Gold Medal stream , a designation given to the state...
Ecosystem Project Temporarily Closes Areas on Pisgah Ranger District
The U.S. Forest Service has closed trails and roads in the Trace Ridge Area and Wash Creek areas of Henderson County in the Pisgah Ranger Di...
Mountain Snow Pack, February 1, 2014
Snow levels in central and northern Colorado are good (I can attest to that after last weekend's trip). Sierra Nevada and Cascade rang...
Cape Final
The Cape Final Trail on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is an easy 4-mile round trip hike to a limestone outcropping that provides stunnin...
Zygonoides lachesis (Madagascar)
Cette magnifique Zygonoides lachesis aux yeux d'un bleu-vert extraordinaire paradait également le même jour que ses compagnes des deux p...
Rhyothemis semihyalina (Madagascar)
Cette belle, mais satanée, Rhyothemis semihyalina insaisissable, photographiée à Madagascar dans le secteur de la capitale Antananarivo ne m...
Appalachian Trail Conservancy Reports Record Number of Volunteer Hours in 2013
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) announced last week that volunteers devoted a record number of hours last year to maintaining and pr...
Orthetrum lemur (Madagascar)
L'Orthetrum lemur, bien que ressemblant aux Orthetrums de l'hexagone, semble malgré tout plus svelte que ces derniers. Ce sujet a ét...
National Park's as Prescriptions
The National Park Service's Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program is currently working with doctors, healthcare providers,...
The Cerro Grande Route
Many people who visit Bandelier National Monument don’t take the time to familiarize themselves with the areas outside the main portions of ...
Smokies Invites Public Comment on Proposed Construction of Smokemont Riding Stables Facilities
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate alternatives for the construction o...
A Red Fox with a Missing Tail
While watching birds out the bedroom window yesterday I saw this fox go by. Obviously something has sheared off part of its tail — a pursu...
Free Mammoth Passage tours February 15-17
In honor of Presidents Weekend, Mammoth Cave National Park will offer free Mammoth Passage tours on February 15-17, 2014. “We all need a b...
The Annual Hiwassee River Cleanup Day
The annual Hiwassee River Cleanup Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 22, 2014. The event helps keep the Hiwassee River Corridor and East T...
Glacier National Park
58NationalParks produced this excellent overview of Glacier National Park. If this video inspires you to visit Glacier this year, the best...
Funding Approved for Smokies Historical Collection Site
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) announced yesterday that the U.S. Department of Interior has approved federal funding to complete the...
Seasonal requirement for bear-resistant canisters on the AT in the Blood Mountain Wilderness
The USDA Forest Service and Appalachian Trail hikers are experiencing fewer black bear conflicts along a 5-mile section of trail from Jarrar...
Temporary Road Closure on Blue Ridge Parkway North of Roanoke
Beginning Tuesday morning, February 18, 2014, and continuing for a two week period, Blue Ridge Parkway maintenance personnel will be conduct...
They Walk Among Us
Over in Frémont County, a/k/a " Prison Valley " (photo essay), people must be extra-worried about other people walking down the ro...
The Last Wilderness
As far back as I can remember I’ve had this fantasy about chucking civilization, building myself a cabin, and living off the land in some fa...
Ancestral Air Produced Ancestral Maize
A wild grass from Mesoamerica called teosinte is accepted as the ancestor of maize/corn, but it does not look much like varieties of corn w...
New Trails Volunteer Program Unveiled at the Big South Fork
The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area has started a new volunteer activity called the Trail Keepers program for people who l...
Mariposa Grove
Ever since the first Euro-American laid eyes on them in 1849, people from all over the world have been in awe of the giant sequoias in Marip...
Chimney Rock State Park primary visitor area to close for road repair project
The Chimney Rock Access at Chimney Rock State Park will be closed beginning today for up to three weeks as repairs are made to the main entr...
Ecosystem Improvement Project to Begin in Pisgah Ranger District; Some Trails Closed
The U.S. Forest Service will soon begin the first phase of an ecosystem improvement project in the Pisgah Ranger District, Pisgah National F...
List of Natural Gas Posts
To try and bring some order to some subjects that have been dealt with in previous posts I think it would be useful to create some list post...
