décembre 2014


Bonne année - Voeux

Meilleurs vœux à tous, que cette nouvelle année vous apporte joie, bonheur, et santé.

ddd 30 déc., 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 ...

ddd 30 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 30 déc., 2014

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,...

ddd 28 déc., 2014

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 : "...

ddd 26 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 23 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 18 déc., 2014

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 ...

ddd 17 déc., 2014

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 ...

ddd 15 déc., 2014

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 ...

ddd 15 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 13 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 13 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 11 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 11 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 8 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 8 déc., 2014

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 ...

ddd 8 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 8 déc., 2014

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 ...

ddd 7 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 6 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 5 déc., 2014

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 ...

ddd 4 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 4 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 3 déc., 2014

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...

ddd 2 déc., 2014