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Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest Active Park Ranger, Retires After Admirable Career

Betty Reid Soskin, who had an admirable career and along the way gained fame as the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger, retired Thursday after a decade-and-a-half of sharing her personal experiences and the efforts of women from diverse backgrounds who worked on the World War II Home Front.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Working To Reopen Parson Branch Road

Parson Branch Road, a bucolic route that runs from Cades Cove to the western boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been closed since 2016 due to hazardous trees. Now, however, the road could reopen this summer as tree removal work is completed and rehabilitation of the gravel road is tackled.

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