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August 2012

The proposed Virginia license plate to support the Blue Ridge Parkway will carry the same design as the successful, six-year-old North Carolina parkway tag.

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.
Out-of-control deer populations are threatening rare plant species in Virginia; parkway staff are implementing exclosures to protect plants. Photo by Joanna Pecha.

Tackling Threats to the Blue Ridge Parkway

An anything-but-exhaustive sampling of ways the parkway is protecting parkway biodiversity…
Bright orange candelabras of Turk’s Cap lilies (Lilium superbum) light up parkway roadsides in summer. Although normally lovers of moist meadows and mountain coves, these lilies occur near Mt. Mitchell Parking Overlook (milepost 349.9), at 4,825 feet.

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.
Boundaries between parkway and private land are defined and also porous.

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.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet Karen Russell on a hiking trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C.

Barack Obama on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Karen Russell was simply going for a hike on a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C. when she happened to cross paths with a most prestigious hiker.
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