County Roads

This stream is part of the 3,680-acre Pond Mountain Game Land, a North Carolina protected area that recently grew by 217 acres.

North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Conservancy Gets Busy

The Blue Ridge Conservancy is having a busy season in North Carolina’s Ashe County working toward realizing its mission of land conservation.
The black bear is the 12th most-sighted Smokies species on the iNaturalist app.

Smokies’ Group Seeks Visitor Help with Species Identification

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is partnering with the Discover Life in America to allow park visitors to help conserve park species.
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Shovels and Films Dig into Mountain History on New River, National Forests

NC Foothills Conservancy looks to unearth town from the 1500s
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Skywatch, May-June 2022

Jupiter Jumps Venus, then Mars
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Book Note: Allegheny Front, by Matthew Neill Null

I’ve read Matt Null’s “Allegheny Front” at least three times, and the nine stories always leave me in awe.

Departments

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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