September 2012

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Photography Programs and a Mad Cat

Photographer Laura Moul spent a month at West Virginia's Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. This is the third installation of a journal of her stay appearing in our Word & Image blogs.
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Carl Powell, Stained Glass

Inspired by the works of constructionist artists such as Kandinsky, Asheville-based glass artist Carl Powell crafts designs that draw the eye upward, above the mountains to the sky. “Solar Dream,” a piece Powell created for the Public Art Commission
In North Carolina, more than twenty-six miles of the New River has been declared Wild and Scenic by both the state and federal governments. This is where Dog Creek joins the New, where the Wild and Scenic section begins

Floating the New

The National Committee for the New River is floating from Boone, NC to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton is paddling along and dropping a line whenever he can find a wireless connection.
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Announcing Word & Image!

Stay tuned for the newest addition to BlueRidgeCountry.com – Word & Image. You'll hear from some of our favorite writers and photographers on this multi-contributor blog!
A stop at Camp Dickenson along the New River.

Conservation at Camp Dickenson

The National Committee for the New River is floating from Boone, N.C. to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton is paddling along and dropping a line whenever he can find a wireless connection.

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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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