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August 2012

Hunting Pinkney Inman

Cold Mountain’s Hero

Cold Mountain,” the movie starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger, is based on Charles Frazier’s novel set in the mountains of North Carolina. Elizabeth Hunter paid a visit to the spot where some say Pinkney Inman died.
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Blue Ridge Heritage Apples

To us, they’re an afternoon snack, good for slicing over cereal or baking into a special dessert. To our mountain ancestors, apples were subsistence foods, and they raised a host of varieties that ripened from early summer through late fall...

Summer Camp with an (Environmental) Twist

It looked like your classic summer camp with the moon reflecting off the lake, mountains standing guard, a spacious dining hall and cabins.There were bonfires at nights and a talent show at the end...

Mountain Report: Old News & New News

Mountaintop removal mining is still in the courts, and the hemlock woolly adelgid is moving faster than thought; elsewhere, wind farms, a new conservation easement and air pollution legislation are coming into being.
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is the second largest municipal park in the country; the 800-acre lake within its 12,700 acres of land supplies surrounding areas with water.

Roanoke’s Water Solution: Carvin’s Cove

Sometimes the best ideas take the longest time to come to fruition. Just ask Rupert Cutler. A career environmental policy-maker and consummate negotiator, Cutler knows full well the gestation period for efforts to protect natural resources...
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