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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
He’s Gotta Be Part Monkey…

July 31, 2008 – 2:27 pm

Will Blozan has hiked thousands of miles through Great Smoky Mountains National Park and climbed hundreds of feet into the tops of the park’s tallest hemlocks.  As part of a very special hike hosted during the Wildflower Pilgrimage earlier this March, a group of us were able to follow this intrepid tree climber into the [...]

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
iTunes Link

July 29, 2008 – 9:05 am

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
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July 29, 2008 – 7:01 am

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
“Brookies!” Native Smokies Brook Trout

July 28, 2008 – 7:37 am

Courtesy of Ann Froschauer, here are some great photos of the fisheries rangers at work and some beautiful Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), the only trout native to the Smokies.
The NPS and Trout Unlimited have been successfully restoring native Brook trout populations in the park (and removing non-native Rainbow trout).
Here’s a close up of a brook [...]

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Sunrise in the Smokies

July 25, 2008 – 7:54 am

Photo by Ann Froschauer.

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Ophidiophobia?

July 23, 2008 – 10:18 am

Oh what?
Ophidiophobia (Oh-fid-eeo-fobia): fear of snakes…
Luckily, I’m not phobic, and neither are the people I was with when we startled this impressively large and healthy rattlesnake.
Click the photo below to see the video and hear some serious rattling!

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There’s a BEAR in my office!

July 22, 2008 – 9:25 am

Thanks to the bravery of 75th Anniversary Coordinator, Ann Froschauer, we have these wonderful photos of the even braver wildlife ranger, Dan Nolfi, examining a bear he’d captured after the bear become overly interested in eating human food.
The poor girl weighed just 70 pounds and had a low body fat (not as healthy for a [...]

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Everywhere, Everywhere: Rhododendron Blossoms

July 20, 2008 – 9:08 am

It seems like I can’t drive, hike, or look out a window without someone (often me, talking to myself) making a comment about how incredible the rhododendron flowers are this year. I’ve lived in the Smokies for fourteen years and I’ve NEVER seen them this good.
The bloom has already peaked and is fading gradually [...]

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