The public has expressed overwhelming support for more protected areas in Pisgah, flooding the Forest Service with over 20,000 comments in favor of stronger, permanent protections.
How did a farm south of Nashville become the country’s largest elephant sanctuary?
Just before 8 a.m. on a Monday, Shirley stands in the middle of a field, usi...
LouAnn Watkins just wants drinking water without cancer-causing toxins. A 2016 test of her home’s well water found levels of a potent carcinogen, hexavalent chr...
The Mountain Valley Watch, which began with one neighbor asking another what can be done, has brought a sophisticated vigilance in the monitoring of malfeasance by the pipeline.
Scan The Skies This September
If Vic Laubach doesn’t have to work and the rain holds off, he is probably at Rockfish Gap, Milepost 0 on the Blue Ridge Parkway ...
Kevin Merrill is changing the way we see rivers.
Kevin Merrill is happiest in a clear, flowing stream, poking around an eddy with a diver’s mask sucked tight a...
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service guts protections for the last red wolves in the wild.
Ron Sutherland drove for hours through the Alligator River National ...
Appalachian Bear Rescue has helped hundreds of orphaned cubs return to the wild
An orphaned bear cub from Kentucky—rescued by wildlife officials—recently joine...
In a trial run, over 800 pounds of garbage has been retained, recycled, and composted.
Trash is, unfortunately, an all to common sight across our region. Whe...
Appalachia, Va. Rebuilds A Footpath and an Identity
Skip Skinner still remembers hiking up to Lost Camp as a kid. The "camp" was Skinner's name for a spot nest...
Several local and regional outdoor organizations have worked closely with the Pisgah Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service to unveil Project 2018. The proj...
By Katarina Zimmer and Elise Hansen
Or, warbler near a fracking well.
If you’re hiking near small streams in the forests of central Appalachia, you might spot...
Stretching between Tennessee and North Carolina, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country, attracting more than twic...
