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Wildlife Kentucky

Bell County sets out to build a $56 million preserve.

Toccoa, Georgia: End of the Blue Ridge Line

Labeled the “Heart of Northeast Georgia,” the little city of Toccoa knows what it means to be a big-hearted hometown.

Walking Connemara: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

The moderate, three-mile walk around the North Carolina home of Carl and Lilllian Sandburg includes an abundance of healthy hemlock trees.

Family Ties: Giving What’s Due at the Graveyard

They met at dawn, and my relative was shot and killed. Not much of a reputation as a duelist if you lost your only duel. Good story, though.

From The Editor – National Parks: Let’s Celebrate

Smokies, Shenandoah, Blue Ridge Parkway... as our travel comfort returns and our national treasures begin to benefit from funding from the Great American Outdoors Act, let’s go play!

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Construction on the project is now ongoing, toward a green preserve by ‘23.

Wildlife Kentucky

Bell County sets out to build a $56 million preserve.
Toccoa native Paul Anderson, 1956 Olympic gold medalist, is honored in downtown Toccoa not only for “his outer strength, but his inner strength and faith in Christ.”

Toccoa, Georgia: End of the Blue Ridge Line

Labeled the “Heart of Northeast Georgia,” the little city of Toccoa knows what it means to be a big-hearted hometown.
The Sandburg home is reflected in Front Lake.

Walking Connemara: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

The moderate, three-mile walk around the North Carolina home of Carl and Lilllian Sandburg includes an abundance of healthy hemlock trees.
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Family Ties: Giving What’s Due at the Graveyard

They met at dawn, and my relative was shot and killed. Not much of a reputation as a duelist if you lost your only duel. Good story, though.
Shenandoah National Park’s Skyland Lodge offers a blend of 1930s architecture, great views into Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, along with fine dining and plenty of hiking just out the front door.

From The Editor – National Parks: Let’s Celebrate

Smokies, Shenandoah, Blue Ridge Parkway... as our travel comfort returns and our national treasures begin to benefit from funding from the Great American Outdoors Act, let’s go play!
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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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