Outdoor Updates: Supreme Court to Hear Cowpasture Case
Supreme Court agrees to hear Cowpasture case on how energy infrastructure is sited across the Appalachian Trail On October 4, 2019, the Supreme Court ...
Environment
Forest Forensics: Clues in the woods to historic crimes against nature
There are no bodies, no police tape, no cluster of curious onlookers. Yet there is plenty of evidence of a historic ecological crime: the deforestation of the eastern United States...
Outdoor Updates: Mussels are being killed by a mysterious disease
Mussels are dying off, killed by a mysterious disease in places around the U.S., including Tennessee and VirginiaThere are approximately 300 freshwater mus...
Outdoor Updates: Ancient tree discovered has rings that document the reversal of Earth’s magnetic field
Ancient tree discovered in New Zealand has rings that document the reversal of Earth’s magnetic fieldAn ancient Agathis australis tree with rings that docu...
Cutting the Public Out of Public Lands?
Photo by Steven McBrideThe Forest Service is proposing to eliminate public comment from most logging projects in Appalachia The Forest Service is...
Outdoor Updates: High Bacterial Levels in French Broad River
Asheville city officials will meet with state regulators to discuss high bacterial levels in French Broad RiverE.Coli levels in the French Broad River and ...
Outdoor Updates: Dolphins in the Potomac River
Dolphins are swimming, mating and birthing babies in the Potomac RiverWhile it’s still questionable whether the Potomac is safe for humans, one species of ...
Outdoor Updates: Elk on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway officials urge public to keep an eye out for elkOfficials with the Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountain National Park are urging ...
Bears Bees + Brews: An Exciting Movement for Wildlife
When you think of black bears, what comes to mind for you? Some may think of a large, wild creature raiding neighborhood trash cans while others may reca...
Clearing the Path: Behind the Scenes with the Trail Maintainers
Photo by Ellen KanzingerWhether a trail is one mile or 1,000 miles, in a city or in the middle of a forest, someone has to take care of it. Someone has to ...
Outdoor Updates: Protect Florida’s Native Songbirds
There’s a new rule to protect Florida’s native songbirdsThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has created a new rule to protect the state’s...
Return of the Giants
A closeup of a leaf on a potentially blight-resistant American chestnut hybrid showing the leaf's distinctive canoe shape and curved teeth. Photo Courtesy of T...
You Live in The Salamander Capital of the World
Southern Appalachia shelters more species of salamanders than anywhere else on the planethttps://youtu.be/4dEEYnPRHLcWalk into Dr. Michael Sears’ cla...
Rockets Over Cumberland?
Hikers endangered by proposed spaceport next to Cumberland Island National SeashoreHikers in the Cumberland Island National Seashore may soon find themselv...
Protect At All Karst
The Rainbow Room in Grand Caverns, VA. / Photo by Ellen KanzingerWhat we don’t know about the underground world beneath our feetWhen you think about th...