Tag Archives: Great Smoky Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has announced that it is participating in Partners in Preservation (PIP), a community-based partnership of American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to raise awareness of the importance of preserving historic places, which is embarking on its first national campaign in the program’s 10-year history. In honor of the National Park Service’s Centennial, ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park invites the public to comment through June 27, 2016 on a proposal to increase camping  fees at frontcountry campgrounds and picnic pavilion fees along with proposed changes to the management of three campgrounds by adding them to the national reservation system through Recreation.gov. The park is also hosting open houses at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center ...

A full slate of Meet the Author events is being planned in Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Sugarlands Visitor Center in the coming weeks. During these sessions, the authors will discuss their work and how the national park impacts their creative endeavors. Friday, May 27, 2016, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., retired GSMNP wildlife ranger Kim Delozier will discuss his books “Bear ...

DNA results show a bear euthanized by Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff was not responsible for the bear attack near Spence Field Backcountry Shelter. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials received results of DNA analyses comparing samples from bears found near the Spence Field Backcountry Shelter area where a bear attack occurred on May 10, 2016 involving a 49-year ...

Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge celebrates spring by offering free classes, seminars, events, exhibits and excursions. Pigeon Forge, a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has a new way to celebrate spring. It’s a five-day event saluting the national park, Mother Nature and the culture of the southern Appalachians. It’s Wilderness Wildlife Week from May 18-22, 2016 and it’s new ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials closed the Spence Field Backcountry Shelter after 49-year-old Bradley Veeder of Las Vegas was bitten by a bear while sleeping in his tent near the shelter. On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at approximately 11:16 p.m., the park was notified through Graham County 911 services that Veeder, an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, was bitten by a ...

Park officials say a collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck resulted in a fatality this afternoon. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers and Rural Metro Ambulance Service responded to a report of an accident on Little River Gorge Road about 1.5 miles west of the Sinks at 1:04 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The collision involved a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the National Park Service Collections Preservation Center in Townsend, Tenn. on Friday, May 6 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will be followed by a public open house of the new facility from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. In addition, the adjacent Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is hosting ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is pleased to announce the selection of Dawn Brackins as the Park’s 2015 “Employee of the Year.” This marks the 32nd anniversary of an important partnership between the park and its neighboring communities which recognizes the outstanding work of park employees in all disciplines. A public event will be held on Tuesday, May 3 at ...

The Appalachian Bear Rescue Spring Festival promises two days filled with fun, food and music. Appalachian Bear Rescue celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. Join the organization in celebration at the Spring Festival and enjoy local arts & crafts; great entertainment provided by the Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival, Boogertown Gap and Appalachia Anna; and delicious food from Breads of Heaven ...