2023

Kurt Rheinheimer

From the Editor: Magazine History – 35th Anniversary Kickoff

The January/February 2023 issue marks the start of Blue Ridge Country's 35th anniversary year.
The tiny turtle lives only in mountain bogs in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.

Thumb-Sized Mountain Turtle in Line for Protection

The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity says that there are fewer than 2,000 southern bog turtles left.
DJ Gerken, new executive director at SELC, conducts a press conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building.

New Leader at Southern Environmental Law

DJ Gerken was named as the new executive director of the Southern Environmental Law Center.
Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. 444 pp.

Book Note – Prodigal Summer

by Barbara Kingsolver. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. 444 pp.
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Does ‘Dirty Dancing’ Ever Get Old? – New Shop Celebrates Movie

Virginia’s Mountain Lake Lodge has opened Kellerman’s Gift Shop, replete with official ‘Dirty Dancing’ merchandise.

Departments

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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS