Tag Archives: Great Smoky Mountains

Despite saying on Wednesday that a bear found near a man’s remains in Great Smoky Mountains National Park had been euthanized, officials said Friday that efforts to locate and euthanize the bear are ongoing. Areas of the park remain closed for public safety. 30-year-old William Lee Hill, Jr., of Louisville, Tenn., along with friend Joshua Morgan, entered the park Friday, ...

Great Smoky Mountain National Park officials say a bear was euthanized in connection with the search and recovery of remains of a missing man near Cades Cove. Searchers in Great Smoky Mountain National Park found the body of William Lee Hill, Jr., 30, of Louisville, Tenn. on Tuesday afternoon around 1 p.m., off Rich Mountain Road and approximately two miles ...

During this year’s Friends Across the Mountains Telethon, SmartBank presented a $15,000 check to Friends of the Smokies to support its annual fundraising effort for Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since 2010, SmartBank has donated nearly $100,000 to this non-profit. “We take great pleasure in partnering with Friends of the Smokies and other local organizations that work tirelessly to encourage ...

A Florida woman who fell off her rental bicycle in Cades Cove on Friday has died. Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to a report of a bicycle accident in Cades Cove at 12:48 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2018. The cyclist, 55-year old Sandra Hull from Sarasota, Fla., fell off her bicycle along the Cades Cove Loop Road ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park recently received help to restore key elements of the historic Palmer Barn. Asheville building contractor Sean Perry and his crew partnered with the park and Friends of the Smokies to preserve the structural integrity of the barn and improve visitor safety through the renovation project in Cataloochee in the North Carolina section of the park. ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Clingmans Dome Observation Tower will be closed Monday, June 4 through Friday, June 15, 2018 to complete a rehabilitation project that began last year. Workers need to apply a final surface overlay along the tower ramp. While visitors will not be able to climb the tower, the Clingmans Dome parking overlook ...

Featuring more than 250 free sessions and activities spanning five days, Pigeon Forge’s award-winning Wilderness Wildlife Week runs May 8-12, 2018. The event is headquartered at the LeConte Center at Pigeon Forge. In its 28th year, Wilderness Wildlife Week offers a variety of workshops, lectures, seminars, concerts, hikes and other activities designed to introduce or reacquaint participants of all ages with the great ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park may have experienced an eclipse in 2017, but the support it received from one of its largest retail partners was anything but eclipsed, with more than $2 million contributed to a vast array of activities during the year by Great Smoky Mountains Association. In its recently released annual report of activity for 2017, GSMA listed ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is celebrating 20 years of conducting biodiversity inventories. Park managers, biologists, educators, and non-park scientists initiated an effort to discover all life in the Smokies through an All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) on Earth Day in 1998. The non-profit partner Discover Life in America (DLIA), created in 1998, coordinates the inventory. Over the last 20 ...

Cultural history, natural surroundings, park cemeteries, and sweat-inducing, blood-pumping hikes. These are just a few of the topics to be explored in Great Smoky Mountains Association’s Branch Out activity series this May. Those interested in learning more about our country’s most visited national park are encouraged to join any of these programs set within Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Program: ...