The Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC) has purchased the 101-acre Jackson Knob Cove tract in McDowell County, on the Blue Ridge escarpment in the Catawba River Basin. The property,
Keep readingI stumbled upon this today… The Way Home. If you are a lover of straight lines and tidy endings, be forewarned. This is not a straightforward drive from point A
Keep readingWatauga County Farmers’ Market will be having the first holiday market of the season this Saturday, November 22 from 10 to 2. We are expecting more vendors this year and
Keep readingFor almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 10 of those years
Keep readingIt looks like we won’t get the opportunity to roam the Parkway this year. From 2007 Vacation No Craggy Garden sunrises, no foggy mornings above Valle Crucis, no apples from
Keep readingIt has been a season of extremes for Grandfather Mountain. Earlier in the month, the tourist attraction experienced record highs for two days in a row, but unseasonably cold weather
Keep readingIt’s not easy to find silence in the modern world. If a quiet place is one where you can listen for fifteen minutes in daylight hours without hearing a human-created
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