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Doll’s Eyes

September 25, 2008 – 7:27 am

Another fascinating nature photo from our 75th Anniversary Coordinator Ann Froschauer. This is a photo of White Baneberry berries called “Doll’s Eyes” (Actaea pachypoda).

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A Tribute: 3 Very Cool Appalachian Trail Hikers

September 19, 2008 – 11:17 am

Something you always wonder when you’re talking to AT hikers is:
are you really going to make it? 2,100 miles is a loooong way…
But thanks to Trailjournals.com, I was able to check up on the progress of some of the guys I met in April, and I was pleasantly surprised at the results. Here’s [...]

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Meet the Saviors of the Park’s Hemlock Trees!

September 5, 2008 – 10:42 am

Whether you realize it or not, Eastern Hemlock trees likely had a profound impact on you during your visit to the Smokies:
That shady green forest you drive through between Gatlinburg and Sugarlands Visitor Center? Hemlock trees!
Those gently drooping boughs that arched over you while you dipped your feet into the icy river in Greenbrier? [...]

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What’s That Tune?

September 3, 2008 – 2:02 pm

It was an ambitious hike: 23 miles up one of the highest mountains in the Smokies, to a legendary spot: Rocky Top!

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Cool Digs

August 25, 2008 – 8:17 am

I used to dream about discovering Incan gold when I was a little kid… and then I took an archaeology class during high school and realized there was NO WAY I had the patience to slowly scrape dirt away and meticulously record where it came from. In six weeks of excavating, I also found [...]

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Possum in a Pear Tree

August 21, 2008 – 7:46 am

No, it’s not a hillbilly version of The Twelve Days of Christmas.
It’s Peter Possum patiently waiting for a pear to fall off a pear tree so he can eat it.
Photo by GSMA’s own Sharon Ryan.

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Smokey Bear Says…

August 18, 2008 – 9:42 am

Visit the Mount Cammerer firetower, one of the few remaining lookout towers in the Smokies!  
There are several trails to the Cammerer firetower, but all of them are long and steep (the shortest route is over ten miles round trip)…  just take it easy and stop frequently, because it’s definitely worth the climb. And [...]

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Dusk at Morton’s Overlook

August 15, 2008 – 2:37 pm

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