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Home-made Mountain Science: Worm Pulling? Yes. Fishing? Not so Much.

Bobber fishing—from worm fetching to picking just the right cove on the lake and the perfect conditions—needs all the help from science it can get.

Dog Walks Into a Pups’ Issue (How a Pinot Becomes a Cookie)

Reluctance to own a dog is not necessarily commensurate with the fruits of actual ownership.

The Past Becomes So, and Fast: It’s Time to Jump on Time, Before it Gets Away

Is there a silver lining to be found amid the current dark clouds?

BRC Plus – The Heart of the Mountains: A Mountain Magazine, Trying Harder

The challenges facing small publications such as ours pale in the context of challenges to much larger realms of life. But we are working hard to step up to ours with new offerings.

Leaving No Trace: Earth Day Celebrates 50 Years

What better time than Earth Day’s 50th anniversary to think about the little things we can do every day to savor, enjoy and protect our planet.

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Home-made Mountain Science: Worm Pulling? Yes. Fishing? Not so Much.

Bobber fishing—from worm fetching to picking just the right cove on the lake and the perfect conditions—needs all the help from science it can get.
Hiking companions Gail Rheinheimer and Cookie pause on the trail.

Dog Walks Into a Pups’ Issue (How a Pinot Becomes a Cookie)

Reluctance to own a dog is not necessarily commensurate with the fruits of actual ownership.
Eric Rheinheimer (Kurt’s brother) and his granddad, Fred Hurt, navigate Virginia’s Claytor Lake, c. 1955.

The Past Becomes So, and Fast: It’s Time to Jump on Time, Before it Gets Away

Is there a silver lining to be found amid the current dark clouds?
BRC Plus

BRC Plus – The Heart of the Mountains: A Mountain Magazine, Trying Harder

The challenges facing small publications such as ours pale in the context of challenges to much larger realms of life. But we are working hard to step up to ours with new offerings.
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Leaving No Trace: Earth Day Celebrates 50 Years

What better time than Earth Day’s 50th anniversary to think about the little things we can do every day to savor, enjoy and protect our planet.
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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

June 29, 2026
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Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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