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Rewarding River Walks: West Virginia

Our walks columnist and his wife have done the homework for your enjoyment of these fulfilling wanders along the riverside.

Mountain Curios 2020

Wait, a face carved in stone at the New River Gorge? Tweetsie Railroad had three lives? And West Virginia’s Cheat Mountain four? Get details about these riddles and more in our annual collection of the strange but true.

The Heavy-duty Science Curio: New Eye For The Blue Ridge Escarpment

We got a note awhile back about a new scientific study looking at “the electrical conductivity of Earth’s crust and mantle below the mountain chain.” We wanted to understand it better, so we contacted the study’s lead author. Here's what he shared.

For the Love of Night Skies

Former Girl Scout Lora Callahan spent 120 hours leading an effort to make James River State Park Virginia’s second International Dark Sky Park. It became such last spring.

Big Guy, Big Animals: A Lifetime of Care for Creatures

Wildlife biologist Justin McVey loves working with critters—the larger, the better.

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Young John-John salutes his father at Morgantown’s JFK Memorial.

Rewarding River Walks: West Virginia

Our walks columnist and his wife have done the homework for your enjoyment of these fulfilling wanders along the riverside.
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Mountain Curios 2020

Wait, a face carved in stone at the New River Gorge? Tweetsie Railroad had three lives? And West Virginia’s Cheat Mountain four? Get details about these riddles and more in our annual collection of the strange but true.
Sharp Drop: The falloff from the mountains of South Carolina’s Caesars Head (foreground) and Table Rock (on the horizon)state parks onto the Piedmont is starkly illustrative of the unique character of the Blue Ridge Escarpment.

The Heavy-duty Science Curio: New Eye For The Blue Ridge Escarpment

We got a note awhile back about a new scientific study looking at “the electrical conductivity of Earth’s crust and mantle below the mountain chain.” We wanted to understand it better, so we contacted the study’s lead author. Here's what he shared.
Founding Troop #217 was Lora Callahan's first big project.

For the Love of Night Skies

Former Girl Scout Lora Callahan spent 120 hours leading an effort to make James River State Park Virginia’s second International Dark Sky Park. It became such last spring.
Justin McVey, here at work with cubs as part of an N.C. State/N.C. Wildlife Commission project, talks about bears: “They’re super-adaptable and really smart. If there’s a bear in a habitat with a lot of people, it learns where the food sources are and how to get into a trash can readily.”

Big Guy, Big Animals: A Lifetime of Care for Creatures

Wildlife biologist Justin McVey loves working with critters—the larger, the better.
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