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The Mountain Q&A – Tracy Swartout: ‘Coming Home’ to the Parkway

Tracy Swartout, the Blue Ridge Parkway’s first female superintendent, was deputy superintendent at Mount Rainier National Park, superintendent at Congaree National Park and was the southeast region’s superintendent of the year in 2012.

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The Mountain Q&A – Tracy Swartout: ‘Coming Home’ to the Parkway

Tracy Swartout, the Blue Ridge Parkway’s first female superintendent, was deputy superintendent at Mount Rainier National Park, superintendent at Congaree National Park and was the southeast region’s superintendent of the year in 2012.
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Coyote (Canis latrans) wandering out from the forest into the loop road on a summer late morning.
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