février 2019


Cherokee Orchard Road Loop to Close Temporarily for Tree Removal Work

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Cherokee Orchard Road Loop will be closed for tree-removal work beginning M...

ddd 28 févr., 2019

Don’t Miss Out on One of the Northeast’s Most Epic Hikes: Franconia Ridge

The following is a guest blog from Max Desmarais, founder of Hiking and Fishing : New England has some pretty incredible hiking between Ne...

ddd 28 févr., 2019

Environmental analysis completed for Southside Project on Nantahala National Forest

The U.S. Forest Service has completed an environmental analysis for the Southside project which will improve forest health, diversity, and w...

ddd 27 févr., 2019

Smokies Visitation Rises in 2018 with New Foothills Parkway

Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed a record 11,421,203 visitors in 2018. The 0.7% increase over 2017 is due to the opening of the ...

ddd 25 févr., 2019

L'énergie sous toutes ses formes !

Salut à tous, Du site Futura Sciences : L’énergie baigne notre monde, omniprésente dans notre quotidien et dans le débat public. Sans elle...

ddd 24 févr., 2019

Park Plans Prescribed Burn in Cades Cove

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian-Piedmont-Coastal Zone fire management staff plan to burn approximately 500 acres of ...

ddd 23 févr., 2019

THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS - Sodden & Verdant

Several months I published a short film by Christopher R. Abbey on what it's like to climb 14,505-foot Mt. Whitney, the highest point i...

ddd 22 févr., 2019

Senate Moves to Protect More than 2 Million Acres of National Parks and Public Lands

More than two million acres of public lands are poised to receive new or enhanced protection with last week's Senate passage of the Natu...

ddd 21 févr., 2019

Indiana Dunes becomes the 61st National Park

The spending bill signed by President Trump on February 15, 2019 included a provision that changed the name of Indiana Dunes National Lakes...

ddd 20 févr., 2019

HikingintheSmokys.com Adds Four New Hikes to Website

A couple of weeks ago Kathy and I paid a visit to the Great Smoky Mountains to take advantage of some nice spring-like weather, and to do a ...

ddd 19 févr., 2019

Today is the Final Day to Take Advantage of a 70% Discount On "Ramble On: A History of Hiking"

Today is the final day of the limited time sale on the eBook version of my new book, Ramble On: A History of Hiking . As mentioned on Friday...

ddd 18 févr., 2019