Guest Columnists

Danny Bernstein’s mission is to get people out of their cars and hiking. She’s a hike leader and an outdoor writer. Her latest book is “The Mountains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina.”

Jan Davidson, a native of Murphy, N.C., is Director of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. He is a recipient of the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest honor, for his work in the Fine Arts.

Jennifer Frick-Ruppert is the author of “Mountain Nature: A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians” and a professor of biology and environmental science at Brevard College in western North Carolina.

Lee Jones wishes he were a good enough bluegrass musician to make the money he does writing and consulting about poker. That would be way more fun.

Sandra K. Goss is executive director of Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, a nonprofit based in Oak Ridge, Tenn. and dedicated to the preservation of natural lands.