National Park Mystery Plant 14 Revealed: It's the Devil's Walking Stick
The Aralia spinosa acquired its devilish name for good reason
- By Bob Janiskee - November 25th, 2010 3:15am
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Reader Participation Day: What is the Greatest Threat To Our National Parks?
It seems not a week goes by without some dire issue being identified as a threat to the national parks. One week it might be funding woes, another week pollution, another diversity concerns, and then, of course, there's climate change.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 17th, 2010 3:15am
These Worms Can Jump -- And They're Unwelcome Pests At Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A worm with a lot of body English might be good for fishing, but when it's an uninvited pest introduced to the forest duff of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, well, it's just bad news.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 16th, 2010 2:15am
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Plans To Burn Fields in Cades Cove This Week
If you're planning a drive through Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park this week, you might want to postpone it, as park crews are planning to burn about 700 acres of fields in the cove.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 9th, 2010 2:15am
Add Cataloochee Campground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park To List of Reservation Sites
The cost of camping at Cataloochee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is going up next year, but you'll also be able to reserve a spot, rather than risk being the odd one out under the previous first-come, first-served approach.
National Park Quiz 88: Potpourri V
We haven't had a grab bag quiz for quite a while, so let's go with a potpourri and see what shakes out.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 30th, 2011 10:17am
Reader Participation Day: Do You Love Fall Colors, or Spring Blooms?
During my recent hike in Shenandoah National Park along the Appalachian Trail, I came upon a tight crook in the trail that carried Ivy Creek downhill amid a flurry of gold, red, orange and yellow leaves of fall. There can be no more spectacular setting that the hardwood forests of the East. Unless it's set ablaze by the pastel daubs of spring wildflowers in places such as Glacier, Saquaro or Canyonlands national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 3rd, 2010 3:15am
Proposal For State-Federal Collaboration on Combating White-Nose Syndrome in Bats Out for Public Review
While state and federal authorities are developing a plan of attack for dealing with white-nose syndrome in bat populations, a non-profit organization is criticizing the federal government for moving too slowly on this growing problem.
Gee Interprets a Settler in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sarah "Gee" Phillips is not Mrs. Sarah Davis; she just plays her on the Mountain Farm Museum in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Right now, Gee rocks on the porch of the Davis House while working on a quilt pattern. "Mrs. Davis wouldn't be quilting on a Monday. She would probably be scrubbing her laundry on a washboard," she explains to visitors.
- By [email protected] - October 15th, 2010 2:15am
Moving From Fall Towards Winter In the National Parks
The transition from fall to winter is harsher than the ones from spring to summer or summer to fall. The signs practically assault your senses. And yet, the transition can be much too quick.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 12th, 2010 4:09am
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