2022

The black bear is the 12th most-sighted Smokies species on the iNaturalist app.

Smokies’ Group Seeks Visitor Help with Species Identification

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is partnering with the Discover Life in America to allow park visitors to help conserve park species.
Location is Grandfather Mountain in Linville, North Carolina, two miles south of the Blue Ridge Parkway at MP 305. From the photographer: “This image was taken in early June at the top of Grandfather Mountain during a photography conference.  Two other excited photographers were also capturing the sunset."

Photo Essay: Blue Ridge Parkway

The views along, from and upon the 469-mile scenic roadway on the spine of the Virginia and North Carolina Blue Ridge are spectacular in every season.
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Shovels and Films Dig into Mountain History on New River, National Forests

NC Foothills Conservancy looks to unearth town from the 1500s
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Skywatch, May-June 2022

Jupiter Jumps Venus, then Mars
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Housing Projects for Bluebirds

Sustaining the once-dwindling bluebird population depends on human help.

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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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