U.S. national park in Tennessee and North Carolina
View in your browser. This newsletter is jointly authored by Catherine Konieczny and Sarah Curry North Carolina’s State Park System is made up of 34 state parks, four state recreation…
Saith the Hendersonville Times-News: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has more than $240 million in construction projects that have been postponed because the money has not been allocated. “The…
The US Forest Service held public input sessions. It did not get the input it wanted, so it will have another round of public input. Members of the public complained…
In an effort to protect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park forest from disease-carrying pests, park officials have proposed a new regulation that would prohibit campers from bringing firewood into…
As one who frequently locks myself out of my car, I am quite familiar with the concept that law enforcement and security officers are not supposed to help with lockouts…
The Smoky Mountain News reports citizens were ignoring the federal shutdown and visiting gravesites within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Not everybody is well enough to make the trek…
The National Park Service is considering allowing Native Americans to harvest wild ceremonial plants from protected parklands. The benefit does not extend to other ethnicities. Animals and cultural artifacts will…
“Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains” are soliciting input on fees they want to impose on people camping in the woods. To comment, visit www.nps.gov/grsm.
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) has some exciting seminars planned for the fall. 13244. The Principal People: Cherokee Art, Culture, and History (September 19?23: Cullowhee) …Learn…
On average, six people sustain fatal injuries each year in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. To prevent this, the federal government will avail $25,000 from its deficit via the…
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a new $2.5 million visitors’ center and, among other things, entertainment by the Boogertown Gap Band. It does…
More “Stimulus money” coming to WNC, via taxpayers, from the Citizen-Times: More than $14 million in federal stimulus money will go toward helping the Blue Ridge Parkway make a dent…