Climate Change: Present Tense
Let’s stop talking about climate change in the future tense. Climate change is happening here and now, right in our Blue Ridge backyard. The floods caught e...
Issues
Can We Join the Party?
The climate and demographics of snowsports are changing. Today’s world is changing, both in a literal and philosophical sense. Winter sports are a sect...
Southerners Love Wilderness
UGA study reveals that 89 percent of visitors to public land support Wilderness Wilderness designation is a tool for permanent protection of the South's...
Overexposed: Social Media and the Outdoors
Is Social Media Spoiling the Best Outdoor Secrets? Scrolling through my Instagram feed, it seems as though every other photo is taken at the top of a mountain o...
Virginia moves ahead with coal ash cleanups + Endangered woodpecker receives emergency help in Georgia
Endangered woodpecker receives emergency help in Georgia The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker has long taken refuge at Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area i...
Quick Hits: Atlantic seismic oil permit blocked during shutdown
Virginia governor announces Environmental Justice Council Virginia governor Ralph Northam has issued Executive Order 29, which reestablishes the Virginia Counc...
Friends of the Smokies: Great Smoky Mountains Association to Reopen Park Visitor Centers for MLK Jr. Weekend
KODAK, Tenn. – Friends of the Smokies announced Thursday that it will temporarily fund the reopening of Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Oc...
House Republican files bill to ban fracking in Florida + Families in WV burdened with nearby drilling
WV Supreme Court hears argument that families living near gas drilling operations are disproportionately burdened In one of a number of disputes between landow...
Quick Hits | Outdoor News January 2019
Woman completes Triple Crown of hiking in a single year When Heather “Anish” Anderson’s boots touched the ground in Grants, New Mexico this November, it marked...
Inside the Shutdown: What’s Happening in Shenandoah and the Smokies?
Since the partial government shutdown began three weeks ago, visitors to the national parks have been greeted by empty fee stations and red-lettered notices pos...
Antarctic ice is melting six times faster + Volkswagen invests in electric vehicle plant
Volkswagen to invest $800 million in new Chattanooga electric vehicle plant Chattanooga, Tennessee will be home to a Volkswagen electric vehicle manufacturing ...
Monarchs in California decrease by 86% + Trump allows increase in logging on federal land
Animals may perceive as much beauty as we do What explains the iridescent and long feathers of birds-of-paradise or the extravagant mating ritual of the male f...
Joshua Tree Cut Down during shutdown + 75 Year Old Completes AT + endangered whale Euthanized
Protected Joshua Tree cut down in park during government shutdown Joshua Tree National Park has not had it easy during the partial government shutdown. Reports...
Pickup trucks block Tesla charging station in strange aggression called ICE-ing + 2018 warmest year on record
Pickup trucks block Tesla charging station in strange aggression called ICE-ing A trend has begun to appear across the US in which pickup truck drivers are blo...
Growing Pains: Are Outdoor Enthusiasts Losing Their Conservation Ethic?
User conflicts are a growing problem in the Blue Ridge, ranging from vandalism and trash-laden trails to the closure of trail systems due to overuse. We often ...