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Bonding With Gray Wolves: Proud Puppy “Parent” Looks Back

During the springs of 2014 and 2015, our writer was part of a group of volunteers bringing two sets of gray wolf pups to eastern Tennessee.

Photo Essay: Fall Can Take Your Breath Away

Our contributing photographers present the proof.

An Appreciation of DuPont Forest

The majesties and mysteries go well beyond the park’s six signature waterfalls and inspire enough love to generate a book.

Lost History: The Odd Trek to Remember the Odd Marshall Expedition

Why would the U.S. Chief Justice, at age 57, take on the treacherous New River in a batteau? And why would somebody do it again in the same kind of vessel, 150 years later?

Let’s Meet The People Of Fall!

Many of the region’s fall festivals remain in limbo as we go to press. These people will be diving into the cool season full force in their own ways just the same.

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5 weeks old: Ahuli gives Unalii a little love bite during play as Takoda passes by.

Bonding With Gray Wolves: Proud Puppy “Parent” Looks Back

During the springs of 2014 and 2015, our writer was part of a group of volunteers bringing two sets of gray wolf pups to eastern Tennessee.
This classic view at Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 83 shows Sharptop Mountain reflected onto Abbott Lake on an October morning. The lake is named after Stanley Abbott, first landscape architect of the parkway.

Photo Essay: Fall Can Take Your Breath Away

Our contributing photographers present the proof.
Triple Falls, at 120 feet, is one of the lures of Dupont State Forest.

An Appreciation of DuPont Forest

The majesties and mysteries go well beyond the park’s six signature waterfalls and inspire enough love to generate a book.
Andrew Shaw and company run the New River Gorge’s class IV rapids to re-create the 1812 trek.

Lost History: The Odd Trek to Remember the Odd Marshall Expedition

Why would the U.S. Chief Justice, at age 57, take on the treacherous New River in a batteau? And why would somebody do it again in the same kind of vessel, 150 years later?
Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia, serves as both a place of employment and as a hobby for area native Paulita Cousin (inset).

Let’s Meet The People Of Fall!

Many of the region’s fall festivals remain in limbo as we go to press. These people will be diving into the cool season full force in their own ways just the same.
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