juillet 2014
Blog Stew: Who Lit the Fire?
¶ After a year, is El Paso County about ready to prosecute someone for starting the Black Forest Fire? It seems obvious that it started at ...
The Bachelors
The re-seeding of one of the recent forest fire burns near home, combined with two wet-enough springs in a row, produced wonderful grass. ...
Successful Restoration of State-threatened Peregrine Continues in Shenandoah National Park
Between early May and mid-July, Shenandoah National Park Natural Resources staff, working in partnership with the Center for Conservation Bi...
Key Milestones in Hiking
Over the last several decades the sport of hiking has become increasingly more popular. According to the latest Outdoor Recreation Participa...
Outdoor Recreation Participation Report: Camping and Backpacking Continues to Decline
The Outdoor Foundation is reporting that a record number of Americans participated in at least one outdoor activity in 2013, with nearly 50%...
The Great Dividing Ranges and Stonehenge
Granites occur throughout much of the north coast and New England region. I use the term granite here loosely, in reality the rocks I’m refe...
Tourism to Blue Ridge Parkway creates $782 Million in Economic Benefit
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 12,877,369 visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2013 spent $782,926,000 in communities ...
Man convicted of operating illegal hiking guide service in Grand Canyon
Brazen? Or just brazenly stupid? The NPS Morning Report is reporting that on October 19, 2013, rangers in the backcountry of Grand Canyon ...
Gregory Bald, 2014
In case you weren't able to make it up to Gregory Bald last month to see the world-famous azaleas, the Great Smoky Mountains Associat...
Rangers Save Three From Drowning in Chattahoochee River
According to Friday's NPS Morning Report, on the evening of July 6th, Rangers Paul Forward and Chris Calkins and Supervisory Ranger Sean...
All My Flycatchers, Season 10: Fly or Die!
Cordilleran flycatcher (Cornell Ornithology Lab). Previous episode: " The 'Plop Plop' of Falling Birds " As I mentione...
Tourism to Great Smoky Mountains National Park creates $734 Million in Economic Benefit
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 9,354,695 visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2013 spent $734,086,600 in ...
Altocumulus Lenticularus
A couple of weeks ago Kathy and I took a trip out to Rocky Mountain National Park. During our visit we did a hike up to Deer Mountain . As...
The Cycles of Sand
I wlll look at the sandstone boulders behind the house in a new way after reading this: Most of us are used to the idea that sand is created...
The Vanished Corn Farmers and a Cooler, Drier Future?
There is a lot of Apocalypse Porn going around, li ke in the closing of this article on the flooded shopping mall in Bangkok. Coastal inhab...
Freedom Inc.
Phoneto by Zonk'em Outside of Buck's Spice Shop and Darby's, two businesses I gladly choose to support, there is an interstice...
Changes in the Neighborhood, 1887 to Now
A. C. (or A. Q.) Monroe's Cash Store, 1887 (Denver Public Library) I found this photo while researching the Squirrel Creek Lodge se...
Tennessee State Parks Announce Opening of 56th State Park
Tennessee State Parks announced last week the newest addition to the parks system, Seven Islands State Birding Park. State and local officia...
All My Flycatchers, Season 10: The "Plop Plop" of Falling Birds
Synopses of past seasons of All My Flycatchers . This year's brood of flycatchers, on top of the front porch light. Is four fledglin...
Smokies Receives Grant to Restore Wetland Vegetation
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of 23 national parks selected to receive a 2014 Impact Grant from the National Park Foundation, t...
How the South Canyon Fire Changed Firefighting
In a photo taken shortly after the 1994, shirts mark spots where smokejumpers successfully deployed fire shelters on "Lunch Stop Ridg...
The Orara Formation and the reviewed Kangaroo Creek Sandstone
There has been an increase in our understanding of the Clarence-Moreton Basin in recent years. The central upper portions of the basin have ...
Western Drought Conditions as of July 1, 2014
Click for larger image Find more information, maps, and statistics at the United States Drought Monitor site .
Bear incident forces closure of Twin Creeks Trail and Noah Bud Ogle Cabin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have closed Twin Creeks Trail, Noah Bud Ogle Cabin, and the Noah Bud Ogle Nature Trail due to ...
Gregory Bald Is Temporarily Closed
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have temporarily closed Gregory Bald and nearby trails including Gregory Bald Trail and Wol...
Smokies Proposes Firewood Changes
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are proposing changes that will help protect park forests by further limiting the type of fire...
On the Rocks
Three of the four in my family has been hit by the Flu. The only one that thankfully doesn't have it is the newborn. I hope he doesn...
