Any gas pipelines that cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail or the Blue Ridge Parkway need to be approved by Congress, not simply the U.S. Forest Service, according to an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by former National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis, the trail's former superintendent, the National Parks Conservation Association, and the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks.
You still have time to help the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation land $300,000 from an anonymous donor for projects on the Blue Ridge Parkway. But time is running out, and the foundation must match the entire $300,000 to land the financial aid.
The Bluffs Restaurant at Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway is ready for the next big step on its path to revitalization. Renovations to the restaurant will begin this fall, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, in cooperation with the National Park Service, is seeking an operator for the iconic restaurant, which is slated to reopen in 2020. The Bluffs is located at milepost 241 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
A successful fundraiser brought the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation more than $200,000 closer to its goal for covering the costs of restoration work at Flat Top Manor at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park.
As with many units of the National Park System, there are many needs along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile-long ribbon of bucolic landscape linking Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks. And without the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, many of those needs would go wanting and fall into neglect or worse.
Legislation has been introduced to the U.S. Senate that, if finds its way into law, would increase highway funding to the National Park Service by almost a quarter.
When you stop this summer at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway and enjoy the beauty and history of the park and the manor, leave a donation behind before you leave. The estate created by Moses and Bertha Cone needs a lot of TLC, and your support can make it happen.
Burmese pythons long have presented a significant problem for native wildlife in Everglades National Park. Erika Zambello talks to a contractor hired to study and remove these invasive snakes. We also take a look at Acadia, Shenandoah, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Blue Ridge Parkway, and review Ramble On: A History of Hiking.
Supporting your favorite national park sometimes means more than simply visiting and enjoying the vistas. Along the 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway there are more than a few projects that need to be tackled, and your donation to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation could help make that possible.