Geology of the Big Scrub Rainforest (Part 3)
Gondwana The late Jurassic and Cretaceous marks a very important geological time. It is the time that the huge supercontinent of Pangea ...
mai 2016
Smokies Proposes Frontcountry Camping Fee Increase
Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites the public to comment through June 27th on a proposal to increase fees at frontcountry campgroun...
Forest Service Gears Up for Significant 2016 Wildfire Season
Last week Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell met with Forest Service Regional Foresters to discuss prepa...
Celebrate National Trails Day at Big South Fork on Saturday June 4th
As part of a National Trails Day celebration, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will host a day of trail clean-up on Sat...
Mystery Solved!
Have you ever been out hiking in the forest and heard a quick thump-thump-thump-thump noise? Over the years I've heard this noise on at ...
Study: Camping Tents Could Be Toxic
Campers and backpackers may want to keep track of this story as it develops. Duke University, in conjunction with REI, has conducted a study...
Point Lookout Trail in Pisgah National Forest Closing for Repairs
The Pisgah National Forest will temporarily close the Point Lookout Trail on the Grandfather Ranger District for repairs starting May 31, 20...
Science, Philosophy and Politics
It is popular these days to start with a narrative and make the data fit in. Rarely do we think about alternative hypotheses other than our...
Hiker Bitten by Bear - Spence Field Backcountry Shelter Closed
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials closed the Spence Field Backcountry Shelter after 49-year-old Bradley Veeder of Las Vegas, NV ...
Photographing Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
With 2016 being the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, National Geographic has decided to dedicate its May issue solely to Yell...
Hiking in Bear Country
Whenever we as hikers venture into the wilderness we immediately assume a degree of risk. No matter the distance, your fitness level, or you...
Longs Peak: This will make you nervous just watching it!
So you want to climb Longs Peak - the tallest mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park. I know that I definitely wanted to when I was younge...
Geology of the 'Big Scrub Rainforest' (Part 2)
The story of the 'Big Scrub' s preserved in the rock unit known as the Neranleigh-Fernvale Beds. The first post in this series is ...
Tourism to Great Smoky Mountains National Park creates $874 Million in Economic Benefit
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 10,712,673 visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2015 spent $873,886,500 in...
Doctors Warn that Hiking is Contagious
Doctors are increasingly writing new prescriptions for an old remedy- time in nature. As part of the burgeoning Park Rx movement, health ca...
Appalachian Trail Reopens in Hot Springs
All trails in the Silver Mine Fire area including the Appalachian Trail are open as of today, Monday, May 2nd. Fire crews, along with reso...
Shenandoah Wildfire Contained - Skyline Drive and Appalachian Trail Have Reopened
Located in Shenandoah National Park's south district, the Rocky Mountain Fire was first reported on Saturday, April 16th at 1:15pm. When...
Tourism to Blue Ridge Parkway creates $952 Million in Economic Benefits
Last week’s announcement by the National Park Service(NPS) regarding 2015 economic benefit and impacts of NPS sites across the country under...
