Employees and alumni of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and its partners express the deep connections that inspire their daily efforts to protect, preserve and support our park. Visitors offer special sentiments of what the park means to them. This video is presented in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2.
Wondering what’s blooming since the last wildflower video? Click here or on the photo to see the new faces that are blooming right now in the Smokies!
Here are some lovely photos of flora and fauna in the park taken during the rain this weekend by Ann Froschauer. Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum commutatum) Great Blue Heron (Area herodias) Large Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Greater Yellow Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium pubescens)
Here’s what Ann Froschauer saw when hiking near Cades Cove yesterday: Check out the pretty phlox Tulip tree silk moth (Callosamia angulifera) Yellow lady slipper (Cypripedium calceolus or pubescens) Columbine and phacelia (Aquilegia candensis)… Shooting star (Dodecatheon mea…) Wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata gqranvtsaj
Take a quick jaunt with Mari to the beautiful and lush Albright Grove. Click here or on the photo to see some beautiful old growth trees and to have a relaxing moment in the Smokies.
Spring is here and the Flowering Dogwood trees are in full bloom! Click here or on the photo to see to see “America’s best-loved flowering tree” up close and personal.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Volunteers-in-Parks program is currently enlisting volunteers to assist with the experimental elk reintroduction project in Cataloochee Valley, N.C. The “Elk Bugle Corps” program was created in 2007 to assist rangers with providing visitor information on responsible elk viewing practices and elk behavior and to help with parking and traffic [...]
This is the reddest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s a Black-Chinned Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber). This one was spotted crossing the road. They migrate this time of year after warm rains to mate. So be careful on park roads, especially at night because there are sometimes mass migrations of these fellows. So [...]