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“Good Walk” Columnist Publishes Appalachian Trail Books for Kids

Leonard Adkins, long-time columnist for this magazine and author of more than 20 books on hiking, the outdoors and nature, has published “All About the Appalachian Trail,” from Blue River Press.

A Classic Book Review: The Last Girls

For Women of a Certain Age, Lee Smith’s “The Last Girls” is a trip you want to take now: a novel about four women reliving a raft journey down the Mississippi River taken when it was acceptable to call college-aged women girls.

Foothills Conservancy on a Roll

Two tracts were recently protected, with another in the works.

Song of the South

Large Blue Ridge forests may be protecting native songbirds.

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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“All About the Appalachian Trail,” by Leonard M. Adkins. Blue River Press, $5.99.

“Good Walk” Columnist Publishes Appalachian Trail Books for Kids

Leonard Adkins, long-time columnist for this magazine and author of more than 20 books on hiking, the outdoors and nature, has published “All About the Appalachian Trail,” from Blue River Press.
Lee Smith. The Last Girls. (Ballantine Books, 2002) 406 pp.

A Classic Book Review: The Last Girls

For Women of a Certain Age, Lee Smith’s “The Last Girls” is a trip you want to take now: a novel about four women reliving a raft journey down the Mississippi River taken when it was acceptable to call college-aged women girls.
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Foothills Conservancy on a Roll

Two tracts were recently protected, with another in the works.
Barn swallows like to perch on wires.

Song of the South

Large Blue Ridge forests may be protecting native songbirds.
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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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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