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Summer Camp with an (Environmental) Twist

It looked like your classic summer camp with the moon reflecting off the lake, mountains standing guard, a spacious dining hall and cabins.There were bonfires at nights and a talent show at the end...

Roanoke’s Water Solution: Carvin’s Cove

Sometimes the best ideas take the longest time to come to fruition. Just ask Rupert Cutler. A career environmental policy-maker and consummate negotiator, Cutler knows full well the gestation period for efforts to protect natural resources...

How Can You Help Conserve Your Region’s Water?

Ways you can do your part in water conservation.

When Water is Tight

Often recognized for their beauty and recreational opportunities, the reservoirs of the southern mountains fuel local economies, provide clean drinking water, power homes and businesses, and protect countless acres of farmland from flooding.

A Piece of Country Music’s Big Bang

It began on the first two days of August, 1927, with the recording of six songs on the second floor of a warehouse on Bristol’s State Street...

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Summer Camp with an (Environmental) Twist

It looked like your classic summer camp with the moon reflecting off the lake, mountains standing guard, a spacious dining hall and cabins.There were bonfires at nights and a talent show at the end...
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is the second largest municipal park in the country; the 800-acre lake within its 12,700 acres of land supplies surrounding areas with water.

Roanoke’s Water Solution: Carvin’s Cove

Sometimes the best ideas take the longest time to come to fruition. Just ask Rupert Cutler. A career environmental policy-maker and consummate negotiator, Cutler knows full well the gestation period for efforts to protect natural resources...

How Can You Help Conserve Your Region’s Water?

Ways you can do your part in water conservation.
Tennessee Valley Authority has flooded more than 640,000 acres of land over the years with dams such as this one at Fontana Lake in North Carolina.

When Water is Tight

Often recognized for their beauty and recreational opportunities, the reservoirs of the southern mountains fuel local economies, provide clean drinking water, power homes and businesses, and protect countless acres of farmland from flooding.
The cover from a Carter Family songbook.

A Piece of Country Music’s Big Bang

It began on the first two days of August, 1927, with the recording of six songs on the second floor of a warehouse on Bristol’s State Street...
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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