Tag Archives: Great Smoky Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Zoo Knoxville are coming together to offer a free elementary and middle school teacher workshop on expanding your classroom into the schoolyard. All elementary and middle school teachers are welcome to attend the workshop on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Zoo Knoxville. Workshop activities include exploring the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers, volunteers, and park partners came together to bring the Smokies to Latino communities of Knoxville during National Hispanic Heritage Month with the Encuentre Su Parque (Find Your Park) event on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Over 100 participants from Latino communities throughout Knoxville attended the event held at Sugarlands Visitor Center where attendees were able ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Zone fire management staff plan to burn approximately 420 acres of fields east of Hyatt Lane in Cades Cove. Weather permitting, burn operations will occur between Tuesday, Oct. 4 and Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 Visitors should expect to see firefighters and equipment along Hyatt Lane and the Cades Cove Loop Road near ...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency along with multiple partners have developed a new task force to focus on bear management in Sevier County and surrounding communities. This new educational initiative is being referred to as the BearWise Task Force and is sponsored by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The program focuses on informing the public how to live ...

A fire that began last week on Happy Valley Ridge in the Abrams Creek area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park now covers 120 acres. Since first reporting the Happy Valley Ridge fire, located along the northwest boundary of the park north of the Abrams Creek Campground, on Sept. 15, 2016, park officials say it has grown to 120 acres ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in cooperation with the Smoky Mountains Astronomical Society, will offer a stargazing program in Cades Cove on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Experienced astronomers and numerous telescopes will be on hand at the star party to provide a discovery of the fall sky’s position of stars, galaxies, and constellations, including the Milky ...

Combine beautiful surroundings with craft shows, special events, great food and plenty of fun things to do during the Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival and visitors are guaranteed a memorable trip to Gatlinburg this fall season. Autumn in Gatlinburg is a special time of year. Set against the backdrop of mountains painted with brilliant autumn color, Gatlinburg is consistently recognized as ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites the public to join park staff on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 for the 23rd annual celebration of National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands across America. In recognition, the park is hosting a variety of service projects across the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park firefighters are fighting a 25-acre wildfire located along the northwest boundary of the park north of the Abrams Creek Campground area. The Happy Valley Ridge Fire was reported at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Firefighters from the park and the Tennessee Division of Forestry responded to the fire, which is located inside ...

A family trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has resulted in tragedy after a woman died as a result of a fall from a rock wall at the Newfound Gap parking lot. According to park spokesperson Dana Soehn, Swain County 911 notified Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers of a medical emergency at the Newfound Gap parking lot ...