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Drone view shows the Wetland Boardwalk at the Greenbelt’s Indian Trail Drive Trailhead.

Kingsport, Tennessee: Creatures of the Greenbelt

Urban greenways have proliferated over recent decades in the Southern Appalachians. Here’s an up-close visit with some of the wildlife along the Kingsport Greenbelt.
A juvenile beaver eats the flower from the spatterdock (cow lily) that grows in the lake.

Beavers at Bays Mountain

Kingsport, Tennessee’s city-run park has served as an ideal setting for North America’s largest rodent to work and thrive.
5 weeks old: Ahuli gives Unalii a little love bite during play as Takoda passes by.

Bonding With Gray Wolves: Proud Puppy “Parent” Looks Back

During the springs of 2014 and 2015, our writer was part of a group of volunteers bringing two sets of gray wolf pups to eastern Tennessee.

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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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