North Carolina Mountain Articles

The Last One I watched this years ago… It’s been remastered… It’s worth an hour of your time. The Last One is the Emmy award-winning PBS television special on moonshine in Appalachia, featuring Popcorn Sutton…

Cross Posted From CoffeeMuses.com I drove my wife to a Doctor’s appointment this morning… While she was in to see the doctor I pulled up Facebook on my phone and was just scrolling thru the…

It’s a bit of history, a bit geography, and a bit natural history. This video about the Eastern White Pine… https://youtu.be/bQs7novlvtA The Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) is often called the “monarch of the North,”…

I never would have thought I’d be seeing a story from Texas Country Reporter about a lady living in the Appalachians of North Carolina… It’s a moving story… He was not all the way wild…

This weeks email from ASAP brought word of this weeks Growing Local. And of course it’s all about seasonality. Check out “Local Christmas Trees Brighten the Season… https://soundcloud.com/growinglocal/local-christmas-trees-brighten-the-season https://www.facebook.com/asapconnections/photos/a.167948153436/10157887104153437/

Do you have an hour to kill learning about the natural biodiversity of the Smoky Mountains… This is a good way to spend a rainy winter’s day. Enjoy. I did. https://youtu.be/W5iScYD2xRY Great Smoky Mountains National…

The second image is what I remember mornings above Valle Crucis to be like. Sun rising over fog filled valleys. Coffee on the back porch. The smell of breakfast cooking wafting out the open door……

This video was a pleasant surprise when it showed up in my Youtube recommendations. Well done and covering many of our favorite places on and off the Parkway. Throw in the fall colors and it…

I saw this in my Twitter feed amongst all of the election bickering… I think I’ll just enjoy the view. https://twitter.com/GrandfatherMtn/status/1325807843447017472?s=20

When I first started exploring the Appalachians of North Carolina virtually I stumbled across Tipper’s blog Blind Pig & the Acorn. If you dig deep into my archives, you’ll find many a mention of her…

Ken Burns sat down with USA TODAY and shared some secrets of America’s national parks. Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan are the creators of the PBS documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” available via…

https://youtu.be/NimUqqJ0JFM ASAP’s executive director, Charlie Jackson, discusses the nonprofit’s mission and walks you through ASAP’s beginnings. He then shares where ASAP and the local food movement in Western North Carolina and the Southern Appalachians are…

http://www.youtube.com/embed/_p23jWhgRw4 Published on Jun 15, 2012 by GreatSmokyMountains Late May through early June marks the time when Elk calves are born throughout Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The National Park Service monitors the elk and their young in…