Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains' Laurel Falls Trail To See Major Renovations In January

Popular Great Smoky Mountains trail, the Laurel Falls trail, will be closed for a major renovations project in the new year.

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By justin.housman - January 8th, 2025 11:27am

Eastern Hellbender Proposed For ESA Protections By U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

More than five years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refused to propose endangered status for the Eastern hellbender, the agency is now proposing to list the giant salamander as such under the Endangered Species Act.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2024 6:25pm

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Find Yourself In A National Park This Coming Winter

It's still a bit early to predict what winter might throw at the National Park System, but if you enjoy snow and cold here's an overview of some of the parks you should consider visiting.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm

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National Park Service Rehabilitating Cosby Entrance Road At Great Smoky Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains National Park on December 9 will begin a rehabilitation of the 2.3-mile-long Cosby Entrance Road from Tennessee State Route 32 to the gate of Cosby Campground.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 19th, 2024 6:26pm

Great Smoky Mountains Finishes Restoration Of Ramsey Cascades Trail

Beloved trail reopens in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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By justin.housman - December 13th, 2024 7:03am

New George Masa Biography Reveals Startling Discoveries

George Masa, a slender Japanese man with a big grin who hiked throughout the mountains of western North Carolina and east Tennessee in the 1920s and early 1930s, left behind a remarkable photographic chronicle of the landscape soon to become Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 13th, 2024 7:03am

Expect Traffic Delays At Great Smoky Mountains National Park In Coming Weeks

Expect delays as Great Smoky Mountains National Park begins closing road lanes for tree mitigation work.

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By justin.housman - December 13th, 2024 7:03am

In The Aftermath Of Helene

While sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina are being reopened, the economic damage to towns along the parkway won't be as easily overcome.

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By Kim O'Connell - November 11th, 2024 5:15pm

From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters

It’s not every day that the name of a mountain is restored to the one used by Indigenous peoples for centuries.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 27th, 2024 2:30am

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ticketing Truckers On Newfound Gap Road

Commercial truckers who head onto the Newfound Gap Road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park to bypass storm-damaged roads on routes around the park that straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border are being ticketed by the National Park Service and could face $5,000 fines.

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 18th, 2024 11:01am

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