Spend an evening in the garden
ArborEvenings is back at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville, offering opportunity to spend Thursday and Friday evenings strolling through the…
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Fund established to support the MST
Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail received its largest individual gift ever when an anonymous donor gave $100,000 to…
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Forest service seeks to re-engage regarding Macon County projects
The Nantahala Ranger District is resuming work on two projects in Macon County whose timelines were affected by position turnover…
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Summer reading program celebrates animal life
The 2021 Summer Learning Program at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will celebrate all things related to books and…
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Black Mountain Trail section closed for maintenance
A portion of the Black Mountain Trail on the Pisgah Ranger District will be closed through approximately Aug. 15 for…
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Friends of DuPont asks users to share the trails
Friends of DuPont Forest’s new Share the Trails Campaign aims to help visitors share and care for the forest’s 80-plus…
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Bear activity reported in Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock
Visitors to the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness on the Nantahala National Forest should take extra precautions after recent reports of bear…
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Severe drought hits southeastern N.C.
Of North Carolina’s 100 counties, 84 are currently abnormally dry or experiencing drought — but the far western region is…
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The 100-year trail: A century after Benton MacKaye proposed it, millions enjoy the A.T. each year
A wall of wind hurtles through the asphalt-covered mountain gap as I exit my car, popping open the trunk to…
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Smokies car crash results in fatality
A teenager is dead and two other people injured following a car crash on Monday, June 7, in the Great…
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Cashiers StoryWalk to make its debut
The first book of the new StoryWalk at the Cashiers Village Green, Cashiers, Come Play With Me!, will soon be…
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Smokies, Parkway spared drop in park visitor spending
Visitor spending in national park communities during 2020 was just over two-thirds the amount spent in 2019, but parks in…
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N.C. poised to set litter collection record
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s crews, contractors and volunteers have collected more than 6 million pounds of litter from roadsides,…
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Regional outdoors brand celebrates debut
Learn more about Made X Mtns, a new regional brand for Western North Carolina, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 15,…
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Mainspring adds staff
Mainspring Conservation Trust has hired two new positions, expanding the regional nonprofit’s staff to 12 people.
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Forestry student awarded for academic excellence
Brandon Light, a student in Haywood Community College’s Forest Management Technology Program, has been named the college’s Academic Excellence Award…
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Partial solar eclipse coming
A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the northern hemisphere on Thursday, June 10, hitting Western North Carolina around…
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The Bluffs reopens on the Parkway
The Bluffs Restaurant at Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway will reopen under new management on Thursday, May 27.
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Smokies superintendent wins leadership award
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash was named the winner of the 2021 Agency Leadership Award from the…
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Pigeon River Fund fuels WNC water quality work
The most recent round of Pigeon River Fund Grant Awards distributed through the Community Foundation for Western North Carolina will…
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National grant will fund outdoor field trips in the Smokies
A National Park Foundation grant will fund outdoor field trips for kids in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Trail race proceeds help SCC students
The 2021 Assault on Blackrock trail race raised $4,100 for the Southwestern Community College Student Emergency Fund.
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Opening the back(country) door: Beginner backpacking trip highlights OMC’s new mission
The morning fog is barely lifting at 8 a.m. when a group of five women meet outside Kathy Odvody’s home…
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Build community outdoors
Outdoor Mission Community, formerly known as Outdoor Mission Camp, has a stockpile of outdoor gear available at its resource center…
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Base Camp on the Go returns
Base Camp on the Go is back at Waynesville Parks and Recreation.
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Work begins on Abrams Falls
Rehabilitation of the Abrams Falls Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now underway after kicking off May…
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Guide rates swim spot safety
MountainTrue has launched a new service that offers up-to-date water quality results for more than 65 popular recreation areas in…
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NOC celebrates its 50th season
Nantahala Outdoor Center is open for its 50th season, with new venues, courses and events in 2021.
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Smokies names new deputy superintendent
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s long-time Facility Management Division chief has been named as the park’s new deputy superintendent.
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Restoring a giant: EBCI partners to resurrect the chestnut tree
Rex Mann’s father was the kind of storyteller whose voice would make everyone in the room stop what they were…
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Made by mountains: Regional brand aims to drive entrepreneurship, stewardship in WNC’s outdoor economy
The outdoor industry has for years been on an upward trajectory in Western North Carolina, and a regional branding campaign…
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ATC resumes thru-hiker recognition
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has lifted a recommendation against long-distance hikes on the A.T. for the first time since the…
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Cherokee enter partnership to save the chestnut tree
In a mountaintop signing ceremony on Wednesday, April 21, The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and The American Chestnut Foundation…
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Drought enters N.C. after long absence
Moderate drought has returned to North Carolina for the first time since November 2019, though it is currently relegated to…
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Teachers train to help kids bike and walk to school safely
This spring, 17 physical education teachers from Haywood, Jackson, Swain and Macon counties joined the Western Carolina University Project Discovery…
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Chronic wasting disease confirmed close to N.C.
A chronic wasting disease case confirmed May 12 in Virginia occurred just 33 miles from the North Carolina counties of…
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Temporary changes proposed for N.C. hunting rule
In an online public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 13, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will take public comment…
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NOC welcomes new president
Nantahala Outdoor Center has named a new company president, welcoming former Grand Canyon Resort Corporation CEO Colin McBeath to the…
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Man dead following Smokies car accident
A Venezuelan man who had been living in Sevier County is dead following a traffic accident May 2 in the…
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Making it happen: Swain County teen chases professional mountain bike career
Austin San Souci was just 2 years old the first time he rode a bike. “He never had training wheels.…
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Repairs proposed for Wilson Lick cabin
A multi-phase restoration project is proposed for the historic Wilson Lick cabin in the Nantahala National Forest in Macon County.
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TVA grant to reduce Lake Junaluska litter
A $4,400 grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority will help Haywood Waterways Association support community stream cleanups and Haywood County’s…
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Outdoor-rooted veteran therapy program accepting applications
Equinox Ranch will welcome combat veterans to its inaugural program this June.
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Sculpture showcase comes to arboretum gardens
An outdoor sculpture showcase now up in the N.C. Arboretum’s gardens will showcase the work of 17 local and national…
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Hooked on Haywood: County’s expanded outdoor programming offers new ways to explore
“My name is Tommy Thomas. I’ve been fly fishing 30, maybe closer to 40 years now,” says the man wearing…
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Land donation protects key Roan Highlands landscape
A record-setting land donation will conserve 7,500 acres in the Roan Highlands, a success that Southern Appalachian Highland Conservancy Stewardship…
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Transforming gardening: Book details Webster man’s design for a better, cheaper greenhouse
On cold January days, Bob and Janaye Houghton prefer to eat outside. “If it’s 20 degrees in the sunshine, it’s…
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Summer camp canceled at Waynesville Rec
For the second year in a row, the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will cancel its popular summer camp series…
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Explore Cades Cove vehicle free
Vehicle-free Wednesdays at Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park begin this week, giving cyclists and pedestrians the…
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More than 5 million pounds of litter collected this year
Collections from this year’s N.C. Department of Transportation Spring Litter Sweep totaled more than 1.4 million pounds, far surpassing the…
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