GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Great Smoky Mountains National Park is offering high school-aged students, their families, and the general public to join scientists and educators in collecting scientific data during field activities in the national park. Three separate citizen science programs are scheduled: Monday, July 13, and Tuesday, July 14, are specifically targeted for teenagers and [...]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) which describes the possible resource and visitor impacts of the park proposal to improve concession facilities at Cades Cove Campground Store. The project site is located adjacent to Cades Cove Campground and approximately 8 miles from Townsend, Tenn. The [...]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Smoky Mountains National Park announced on-line recruitment and scheduling of Trails Forever volunteers who perform a variety of trail rehabilitation and trail projects throughout the national park. Trails Forever is a partnership between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Friends of the Smokies. The volunteer component of Trails Forever allows the public [...]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Smoky Mountains National Park will host author Danielle “Danny” Bernstein on Tuesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Bernstein’s newest guidebook, Hiking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Heritage, lists 66 day hikes, ranging in length from 1 to 13 miles. On the front porch of the visitor center, Bernstein will [...]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — On June 29, 2009, the National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office (NPS) will issue a prospectus seeking proposals for a new 10-year concessions contract to provide limited concession services at Cades Cove, Oconaluftee, and Sugarlands Visitor Centers and the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The [...]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Volunteer in Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a Citizen Scientist on June 29 and July 2 and join park researchers and educators in collecting scientific data in the national park. These two field events will kick off a summer of Citizen Science opportunities in the Park which provides hands on learning [...]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — In honor of its 75th Anniversary in 2009, Great Smoky Mountains National Park collaborated with the Western North Carolina National History Day competition, and invited area middle and high school students to submit entries focused on an individual who was important in the park’s creation or history. A different theme is chosen [...]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent, Dale Ditmanson, has received word that the nation’s most visited national park is slated to receive $64,006,150 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The bulk of the money is targeted towards road work, but the Park’s trails, cemeteries, public restrooms, and other buildings will [...]