Tag Archives: Great Smoky Mountains

Trail damage from recent storms has prompted the closure of Laurel Falls Trail, one of the most popular trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced Wednesday. March 11, 2015 the temporary closure of Laurel Falls Trail due to storm damage after a park volunteer discovered earlier in the day that a portion ...

Chris Schultz of Sevierville, Tenn. is the newest author to join the ranks of publisher Patriot Media, Inc. of Niceville, Fla. His novel “Lincoln’s Treasure” is a mystery/thriller about a hunt for gold that spans a century and a half. The mystery begins in the Deep South during the American Civil War when General William T. Sherman and his Union ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the reopening of Lynn Camp Prong to fishing effective March 6, 2015 following a seven-year native, brook trout restoration project. The reopening of the 8.5 mile-stream sections marks the first time, since the park’s establishment in 1934, that all streams in the park are open to fishing. By preserving a healthy, reproducing population ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park fire management crew plans to conduct a prescribed burn on a 1,876-acre forested area northwest of Cades Cove between March 9 and March 31, 2015. The Stony-Arbutus Ridge fire operations will occur over a period of several days. The total area to be burned is divided into three subunits that will be ignited separately ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials rescheduled open houses that were canceled earlier this week due to the winter weather. The public is invited to four open house opportunities in North Carolina and Tennessee to meet and welcome new Superintendent Cassius Cash to the Smokies. “Great Smoky Mountains National Park is surrounded by incredible communities with a long tradition of ...

Teams of show staffers are busy today organizing and setting up for three different events at the Sevierville Convention Center over the weekend. The Sevierville Convention Center will host three events this weekend that bring people to our area and have a great economic impact on the community. The Smoky Mountain Gymnastics Vacation Classic from 360 Sports will be held ...

Sugarlands Distilling Company is awarding grants to two local organizations that won top spots in its MoonShare program. The non-profit organizations Pets Without Parents and Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will each receive a $5,000 grant from Sugarlands Distilling Company in Gatlinburg. They were selected for the MoonShare program based upon public voting on the company’s Facebook ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials invite the public to four open house opportunities to meet and welcome new Superintendent Cassius Cash to the Smokies. The open houses will be held in late February from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at each location. Two open houses will be held in North Carolina and two will be held in Tennessee. Cash ...

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s budget request for fiscal year 2016 – the centennial year of the National Park Service – includes $3 billion for the bureau’s critical conservation, preservation, and recreation mission. The budget boosts the National Park Service’s essential programs and operational needs by $432.9 million. “In 2016, the National Park Service will celebrate its Centennial by inviting hundreds ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park geographic information system specialists and scientists in collaboration with scientists from Tennessee, North Carolina and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), completed a three-year stream mapping project. Park scientists used a combination of aircraft-mounted scanners and a Global Positioning System verification system to re-inventory streams throughout the park. Using this modern mapping technology, scientists determined ...