Snakes

Connie Deegan on her love of snakes: “I just find them beautiful and important and fascinating.”

Champion of Snakes

Connie Deegan helps Johnson City, Tennessee, residents appreciate nature in all its forms.
Table Rock Lake tops the voting for South Carolina.

Top Water Spots in the Mountains

Who better to choose the best lakes, rivers, waterfalls, fishing spots and so much more than the readers of Blue Ridge Country magazine? Nobody! Time to get outside and get wet.
The timber rattlesnake, like most wild animals, strikes only when threatened.

Snakes on a Trail

Are reptilian encounters on the rise?

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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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