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Wildflowers Gone WILD!!

April 7, 2008 – 3:16 pm

Doug Sutherland navigated the WILDS of the Smokies, stalked these WILDflowers, and brought back some some photographs of bloodroot, beaked violets, and spring beauties!

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Rabbit’s Foot

April 2, 2008 – 4:33 pm

“I’m Rabbit’s Foot,” he says. “That’s my trail name.”
He’s an AT thru-hiker, tall, with straight, sun-bleached blond hair and a tan that highlights his light blue eyes. He’d spent the night in town and was standing alongside the road, hoping to hitch a ride back to the AT when my boss picked him up and [...]

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Critter Cam!!

March 31, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Courtney Lix inaugurates the new GSMA Critter Cam with this footage of a wild turkey.

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Newfound Gap by Donna Eaton

March 17, 2008 – 8:50 am

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Cataract Falls

March 7, 2008 – 1:09 pm

Karen Key, talented GSMA graphic artist braved the rain and took this photo of Cataract Falls with the sun shining on it (while it was also raining).

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Did you say “injun” or “engine”?

March 4, 2008 – 10:10 am

This is Nichols-Shepherd No. 4246 steam engine. Brought to Big Greenbriar Cove in the 1920s to saw lumber for a new school. On the way back out, the engine toppled over into what is now named “Injun” creek, after the wreck. Showing how marketing sometimes goes awry, or maybe it’s just spelling gone [...]

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What’s All This White Stuff ??

February 28, 2008 – 2:07 pm

Ann Froschauer, our trusty 75th Anniversary Coordinator and fearless outdoor enthusiast, took these amazing photos of deer getting drink after the blizzard yesterday in the park.

YIKES!!! That’s cold, I’m gettin outta this freezing water!!

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Park’s Newest and Smallest Bear

February 19, 2008 – 8:39 am

Our 75th Anniversary Coordinator, Ann Froschauer, is the auntie of this youngest bear in the Smokies. His name is Liam.

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