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GSMNP officials will implement a temporary, weekday closure of Alum Cave Trail and its parking lot during February to accommodate the replacement of two log bridges near the Arch Rock area. The footpath will be closed weekly on Monday through Thursday from February 8, 2021 through February 25, 2021. The trail will be fully open each week on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, along with President’s Day on Monday, February 15, 2021.
Continue reading…Smoky Mountain Pileated Woodpeckers, America’s largest woodpecker, announces its arrival with a drum solo.
The Pileated Woodpecker’s drumming echoes across the Smokies and indeed the entire U.S. This largest woodpecker found in North America measures in at some 16-19 inches in length and features an impressive bill that is the same length as its head.
Continue reading…Horticulturists hope a new hybrid hemlock will prove resistant to the hemlock woolly adelgid which has decimated the broadleaf evergreens for more than 25 years.
The majestic trees, which serve as green sentinels in the Great Smoky Mountains punctuating the summer mountains scenery with dark green foliage and offering a welcome contrast to leafless trees in the winter, have been slowly dying in the mountains for 25 years.
Continue reading…Skywatchers are in for an early Christmas treat. The alignment of Saturn and Jupiter, popularly as the “Christmas Star,” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets come together, culminating on the night of Dec. 21, 2020.
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