December 3 is a special day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the day that Wannetta Johnson brings a poinsettia to Park Headquarters. Click here or on the photo to find out why she has made this special trip every year for the past 35 years.
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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? [...]
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 [...]
Don’t ever mix electricity and water… unless you’re a professional with the national park’s fisheries division and have a very thick pair of rubber gloves.