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Listening to Levon: FloydFest 2010

by Jedd Ferris November 30, 2009

Levon Helm will be driving Dixie down to the Dreaming Creek Stage this summer. The iconic drummer from The Band has been announced as an initial headliner of FloydFest, which will take place July 22-25 in its usual beautiful setting just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Floyd, Va. Now rolling as a solo act, [...]

The Pinhoti Trail, Alabama

by Leonard Adkins November 30, 2009

Planning an outing on Alabama’s premier hiking route, the Pinhoti Trail, can be frustrating. Because it is a linear pathway, you either have to do an out-and-back walk or make it a one way trek, which involves the added expense and time of shuttling automobiles. Yet, if you study maps, you’ll discover there are a [...]

United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

by Beau Beasley November 23, 2009

Dear EarthTalk: What do organizers hope to accomplish at the upcoming (December 7-18, 2009) United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen? — F. Rojas, Oakland, CA The upcoming COP15 meeting in Denmark—so named because it is the 15th such international gathering of the Conference of the Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework [...]

Video: Avett Brothers

by BRO Staff November 23, 2009

Check out video of the Avett Brothers’ performing the title track of their
latest album “I & Love & You.”

Stepping up for Bats

by Jedd Ferris November 23, 2009

Scientists warn White Nose Syndrome could turn catastrophic

Crash

by BRO Staff November 22, 2009

Wreckage photos from plane crashes across the Southern Appalachians.