Can Blue Ridge Parkway amenities – many built in the 1940s and '50s – meet today's travelers' needs? And even if the parkway wanted to upgrade, could it be done?
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Virginia Parkway Tag: It's Time
Six years and two failed attempts later, a dedicated Blue Ridge Parkway speciality plate is at the edge of becoming a reality. Here's how to help the cause and the cash-strapped parkway.
Tackling Threats to the Blue Ridge Parkway
An anything-but-exhaustive sampling of ways the parkway is protecting parkway biodiversity…
Protecting Parkway Biodiversity
The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway has about 400 road crossings, each one a "pathway for exotics." Here's at look at how parkway officials are working to protect nearly 5,000 species.
Saving Blue Ridge Parkway Land
The National Park Service is working closely with regional land trusts to preserve land and views bordering the Blue Ridge Parkway's 469 miles.
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The Fool in the Woods, aka Blue Ridge Country editor in chief Kurt Rheinheimer, is back with more great woodland information and secrets, this time reporting on how Virginia's Devil's Marbleyard was formed.
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