Year-End Quiz: Musicians And National Parks, The Answers
So, how well do you know your musicians and their national park connections?
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 30th, 2020 1:45am
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Keeping Black Bears Wild And People Safe
In the Great Smokies, Shenandoah, and elsewhere, black bear populations are growing. The BearWise program is designed to protect our ursine friends—and ourselves, too.
- By Kim O'Connell - August 1st, 2024 1:24am
UPDATED | Zion National Park Struggling In The Battle With Graffiti "Artists"
There are places in the National Park System where carvings, etchings, and even 20th century “graffiti” are preserved. Unfortunately, there is a surprising number of 21st century individuals who think it’s perfectly appropriate for them to carve their names and other signs and symbols into national park landscapes.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 4th, 2020 10:40am
Fastest Known Time In The Smokies
What motivates people to hike as far as they can as fast as they can? For many who live near Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the answer can be found on the trails.
- By [email protected] - October 23rd, 2024 3:40pm
Where Will You Explore Winter In The National Park System?
Winter, the season with cold, snow, short days and long nights, can be a challenging season to explore the National Park System. Yet it also holds surprises that reveal themselves in shimmering lights darting across the night sky, in tracks of what passed the night before across the snowscape, and in congregations of wildlife.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 6th, 2020 10:34am
Searching For Forgotten Veterans’ Graves In The Smokies
There are, within Great Smoky Mountains National Park, more than 150 graves of veterans who fought as far back as the Revolutionary War. A small group of volunteers is working to identify all the graves and search for others that might exist in the hollows of the park.
- By Kim O'Connell - November 18th, 2020 9:01am
Big Burn Coming To Cades Cove At Great Smoky Mountains
Flames are scheduled to creep across nearly 700 acres in Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park beginning this weekend as crews stage a series of burns to reduce fuels, restore meadow habitats, and maintain the cove's historic appearance.
- By NPT Staff - November 5th, 2020 1:30am
Bridge Work At Great Smoky Mountains National Park Begins Monday
Bridge work at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee begins next week and is expected to continue through January 2022 as crews work to replace seven bridges and repair seven others.
- By NPT Staff - October 30th, 2020 1:45am
Does Great Smoky Mountains National Park Have A Crowding Problem?
What did you think of your most recent visit to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border? Was it more crowded than you expected? Were you able to enjoy yourself, or was your experience less than you expected? Park officials want to know.
- By NPT Staff - October 9th, 2020 1:45am
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Officials Awaiting Autopsy Results
It could be weeks or longer before medical examiners are expected to report whether a backpacker at Great Smoky Mountains National Park was killed by a bear found scavenging his remains or whether he died of another cause.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 17th, 2020 9:37am
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