If you’ve seen Cataract or Laurel Falls on an average Summer day, you won’t believe how they looked after the heavy downpour we had last Friday! Click here or on the photo to view the video.
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Discover Life in America (DLIA) facilitates and coordinates the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
This is one of the world’s biggest and most ambitious science projects.
DLIA is hosting the 1st ever “Discover Biodiversity at LeConte Lodge” with a guided hike and overnight stay.
It includes a guided hike up Alum Cave [...]
Want to see what it was like on June 13, 2009, when 6,500 people came to Cades Cove to celebrate the park’s 75th Anniversary with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra? Click here or on the photo to view the video.
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Wednesday morning brought 33 degree temperatures to Mt. Le Conte–a record for July. Click here or on the photo to see some hikers who made it back down from a chilly night on Mt. Le Conte and some who were taking advantage of the excellent daytime weather.
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Think all the good flowers bloom in the spring? Wait till you see the color and beauty that arrives in the summer. Click here or on the photo to see what’s blooming.
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In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was met with cheering crowds as he traveled through Gatlinburg on his way to officially dedicate the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Click here or on the photo to see how Gatlinburg brought this historic moment to life with the help of actor David Keith on July 4th.
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Ann Froschauer spotted this adventurer on the road and immortalized him with her photography. He’s an Eastern box turtle — the state reptile of both Tennessee and North Carolina. Ann assures me this one is a male. I think she fell for his red eyes. I wish you could’ve seen the [...]
Enjoy these great photos taken by Ann Froschauer during a hike to LeConte Lodge via Alum Cave Trail.
I’m just saying … there’s a good reason they call it the “smokies.”
This critter is a glassy grapeskin snail (Vitrinizontides latissimus), a snail whose shell is made of protein instead of the usual calcium (or so an expert [...]