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As the sun set amidst a wash of pink and gray clouds, distant lightning danced across the green-carpeted mountains. A herd of 45 elk grazed in the lush field before us, their reddish coats contrasting with the bright yellow of the wild mustard flowers. Hushed voices pointed out the bulls with the big antlers in velvet, and the many cow
Keep readingPlease Note: West Virginia Mountain Dreams does not have any connection to the following announcement. I have yet to be able to acquire a calendar myself. *The supply of 2011 wildflower calendars has been exhausted. We apologize for any inconvenience. WV Operation Wildflower Roadsides in Bloom 2012 Calendar Photo Contest Entry Deadline October 1, 2011 The Departments of Environmental Protection and Transportation invite the
Keep readingThe first time I drove up to Carver’s Gap in the winter in search of skiable snow, I should’ve known that “Nordic Nirvana,” as I later called it, was hidden just behind the two feet of spring snow being chewed up by rowdy four-wheelers on the road up Roan Mountain. A crowd of crazies from back in the hollers seemed
Keep readingGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK — Two hikers from Louisiana spent a scary night in waist-deep snow in the national park before making it to safety, a rescue official said Thursday. Emergency dispatchers took a 911 call from the hikers at 10:30 a.m. Monday, said Greg Shuping, emergency operations chief in Haywood County. The backpackers were at the Laurel Gap
Keep readingOn the Mountain Maryland Facebook page they are running a Holiday Photo Contest until December 19. Here are the entries in the Mountain Maryland Holiday Photo Contest. The image that gets the most thumbs-up ‘likes’ between December 10th and December 19th will receive a family weekend get-away to Rivers Edge Farm and Alpaca Farm in Oldtown, Maryland (http://barbsalpacas.com/stay.html) The stay
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From my local paper tonight… HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has dropped its plan to force a Houston-based drilling company to pay nearly $12 million to extend a public water line to residents whose wells have been contaminated with methane gas.Environmental regulators say Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. instead will pay residents a total of $4.1
Keep readingScenes from the 2009 holiday tree lighting in Historic Downtown Cumberland, Maryland. Happy holidays! Video Rating: 5 / 5 Mountain Maryland Mo takes a QUICK tour of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, the Underground Tunnels and the Gordon-Roberts House on Washington Street in historic Cumberland, Maryland.
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Keep readingFRANKLIN CIVIL WAR DAYS SET FOR OCTOBER 16-17 Re-enactments, Living History Displays & More Offer A Glimpse Into Civil War Life FRANKLIN – Residents and visitors to Franklin will get a glimpse into the life of a soldier during the 1864 Battle of Franklin at the City’s annual Civil War Days, set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 16-17 at Harlinsdale
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