January 2022

Add snipped white pine needles to boiling water.

February’s Wild Edible: White Pine Tea

White pine tea has a piney smell and a slight citrus taste, and is actually quite good for us because of its high Vitamin C content.
Schaberl, right, meets with U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy before a trek to Hawksbill Summit in 2016.

Of Porcupines and Salamanders: Meet Jim Schaberl

Jim Schaberl works to protect wildlife from climate change in Shenandoah National Park.
A dream supremely realized: A few years after his summer-camp failures, Bruce Ingram was a husband and a father.

A Valentine’s Day Love Story: the Camp, the Creek and Carolyn Elaine

It’s an old tale—the shy boy, the unattainable girl—but one that brings joy and a warm heart with each new, true telling.
The imposing 1881 Transylvania County Courthouse sits in the center of downtown Brevard—and yes, that’s a white squirrel decoration on the lightpost.

Brevard, NC: Waterfalls, White Squirrels and Welcome Home

Brevard, North Carolina, is a quirky blend of the arts and outdoors, home to the famed Brevard Music Center as well as 250 waterfalls and 1,000 miles of trails in surrounding Transylvania County. The resulting energy resonates on every street corner

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

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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