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Guest Column: Preserving the Song of the Forest

Todd Fearer is a wildlife biologist, avid outdoorsman, and the coordinator of the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture, one of 21 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Joint Ventures (JVs).

Guest Column: ‘Holding Space’ at The Floyd Country Store

Dylan Locke has been producing music, performing arts and educational outreach programs for the last 30 years. He is the co-owner of the 100-year-old Floyd Country Store in Floyd, Virginia, along with his wife, Heather Krantz.

Guest Column: P.E. Marshall

Green Pastures, Virginia: Gone But Not Forgotten

Guest Column: Laura Cotterman

Life Quest: "Who Grows Where, and Why" After a career straddling botany and communications, Laura Cotterman writes, travels, and gardens in the piedmont of North Carolina.

Guest Column, Will Griffin – Floyd, Virginia, and its Sense of Community

Will Griffin has served as the mayor of the small town of Floyd, Virginia, for 10 years. During that time Floyd has received national recognition from USA Today and Southern Living magazine as one of the best small towns in the South.

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Todd Fearer

Guest Column: Preserving the Song of the Forest

Todd Fearer is a wildlife biologist, avid outdoorsman, and the coordinator of the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture, one of 21 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Joint Ventures (JVs).
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Guest Column: ‘Holding Space’ at The Floyd Country Store

Dylan Locke has been producing music, performing arts and educational outreach programs for the last 30 years. He is the co-owner of the 100-year-old Floyd Country Store in Floyd, Virginia, along with his wife, Heather Krantz.
Pam Marshall stands with walking companion Scruffy near the former site of Green Pastures.

Guest Column: P.E. Marshall

Green Pastures, Virginia: Gone But Not Forgotten
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Guest Column: Laura Cotterman

Life Quest: "Who Grows Where, and Why" After a career straddling botany and communications, Laura Cotterman writes, travels, and gardens in the piedmont of North Carolina.
Will Griffin, second from left, with his mother, Gayle Griffin, son Reed, wife Misty and daughter Addie.

Guest Column, Will Griffin – Floyd, Virginia, and its Sense of Community

Will Griffin has served as the mayor of the small town of Floyd, Virginia, for 10 years. During that time Floyd has received national recognition from USA Today and Southern Living magazine as one of the best small towns in the South.
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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