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Great Waterfalls of North Carolina
Neil Regan captures the beauty and awe of one of nature’s most unique features in a comprehensive guide of waterfalls in western North Carolina. Read more
Aug 1, 2010
Robert Llewellyn
Remarkable Trees of Virginia
In a new book, author and lecturer Nancy Ross Hugo, Virginia Tech Department of Forestry extension specialist and professor Jeff Kirwan and photographer Robert Llewellyn beautifully document the oldest, tallest, most historic trees in Virginia Read more
Sep 1, 2008
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. Read more
Aug 2, 2010
Photo by Bill Robertson.
Photographers and Ghosts and Bears
Photographer Bill Robertson has been after me for a few years to go on a hike with him. Read more
Jul 13, 2009
Photos courtesy of Pike County KY Tourism Commission ("Devil Anse" Hatfield photo courtesy West Virginia State Archives)
Hatfields & McCoys, Revisited: Part 6 – Examining Justice in the "Lawless" Tug Valley
Many fables posing as “Feud history” begin with a few basic premises. Chief among these is the claim that the Tug Valley in the 1870’s-‘80’s was a lawless place. But court records for Pike and Logan Counties refute this contention entirely. Read more
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Schmerling.
Remembering Judy Bonds, a Voice Against Mountaintop Removal
Cancer took Judy Bonds, the legendary West Virginia fighter against the destruction of Appalachia's mountains, early this year at 58. Illness had forced her to stop work at Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW) in Whitesville, W.Va. Read more
Mar 14, 2011
Photo by: Brian Blauser
Tony Rice, The Eccentric Flat-Picker
Rice’s flatpick guitar work lived up to his legend for talent – and for eccentricity, at least musically. Read more
Feb 18, 2009
Wildflower Viewing in the Smokies
The warm sun plays against the morning chill; that sort of sweet-and-sour effect that occurs only on a perfect spring morning. Take your time enjoying the beautiful days and the scattered groups of spring flowers along the trails... Read more
Mar 1, 2001
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