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Spring Rite: Pretending You’ll be a Baseball Star

plus watching those on the way to stardom

Brevard, NC: Waterfalls, White Squirrels and Welcome Home

Brevard, North Carolina, is a quirky blend of the arts and outdoors, home to the famed Brevard Music Center as well as 250 waterfalls and 1,000 miles of trails in surrounding Transylvania County. The resulting energy resonates on every street corner

Book Note: John Ehle, The Winter People

This is a novel for a winter’s night—or two or three.

Quilts, Carvings, Americana: Three to See at One Spot

The Upcountry History Museum welcomes exhibits from Ken Burns, of war dogs and Norman Rockwell.

Nature Notes: New Birding, Better Swims, Species Lost

In Watauga County, North Carolina, a 10-acre wetland is now open to the public for birding, thanks to a partnership between the Blue Ridge Conservancy and High Country Audubon Society.

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Spring Rite: Pretending You’ll be a Baseball Star

plus watching those on the way to stardom
The imposing 1881 Transylvania County Courthouse sits in the center of downtown Brevard—and yes, that’s a white squirrel decoration on the lightpost.

Brevard, NC: Waterfalls, White Squirrels and Welcome Home

Brevard, North Carolina, is a quirky blend of the arts and outdoors, home to the famed Brevard Music Center as well as 250 waterfalls and 1,000 miles of trails in surrounding Transylvania County. The resulting energy resonates on every street corner
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Book Note: John Ehle, The Winter People

This is a novel for a winter’s night—or two or three.
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Quilts, Carvings, Americana: Three to See at One Spot

The Upcountry History Museum welcomes exhibits from Ken Burns, of war dogs and Norman Rockwell.
Snorkelers in the Clinch River in Scott County, Virginia, work to document all mussel species present at the site.

Nature Notes: New Birding, Better Swims, Species Lost

In Watauga County, North Carolina, a 10-acre wetland is now open to the public for birding, thanks to a partnership between the Blue Ridge Conservancy and High Country Audubon Society.
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Coyote (Canis latrans) wandering out from the forest into the loop road on a summer late morning.
Country Roads

Critters Crossing! 

States across the Blue Ridge are investing in wildlife crossings to protect animals and improve roadway safety.

September 1, 2026

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