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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Section is requesting original wildlife art for the 2011 edition of the award-winning DNR Wildlife Calendar, according to Curtis Taylor, Chief of the Wildlife Resources Section of the Division of Natural Resources. The deadline for submission of artwork is Feb. 15, 2010. A 35-mm color slide or
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While the weather outside right now may not be conducive of going off on a bike tour, right about now may be a good time to start planning for the spring and summer. A good place to start (or end) could be the town of Cumberland, Maryland where two hike and bike trails come together. Heading south on the C&O
Keep readingThe library at the Lotts Creek Community School is buzzing with excitement as a half-dozen grade schoolers struggle into full-body protective “wee bee” suits. As they labor with zippers and wrestle with veils, a visitor lowers herself into a pint-size chair in their midst. “My name is Tammy Horn,” she says, “but you can just call me the Bee Lady.”[1]
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Woodrat Podcast, Episode 2 | Via Negativa. Dave and Beth Adams of Cassandra Pages talk about poetry and self-plagiarism. Dave reads his poem “Ode to a Chalk Line Reel”… Ode to a Chalk Line Reel by Dave Bonta The day after Bo Diddley died, I watched a carpenter stretch a line the length of a board & give it a
Keep readingI find myself in the position of not knowing a lot about the Pennsylvania Mountains. In looking through my blogroll I was surprised by the few links I came across that were specific to this region. Here are a few folks living their Mountain Dreams… From Roundtop Mountain First there was this snippit from a few days back… Snow dusted
Keep readingSPEEDWELL, Tenn. – Along the crest of Cumberland Mountain is an overlook called McLean Rock, where on a clear day you can see all the way across the Tennessee Valley to the Smoky Mountains. Standing at the edge of the 70-foot cliff, it’s easy to understand why in 1965 the founders of the Cumberland Trail chose this site to announce
Keep readingIn spring and early summer of 2010 over $44,000,000 worth of improvements will be made to park roads and facilities. Funding for the projects has become available from a combination of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act along with previously-authorized Federal Lands Highway Program funds, partner construction monies, and annual cyclic and repair/rehabilitation funds. The following park roadways will be
Keep readingOctober 13, 2009 Great Smoky Mountains National Park managers have announced plans to rehabilitate the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road in the spring of 2010. Due to the limitations on work processes posed by the narrow, single lane historic road the Park plans to close the road to all use from March 1 through May 21, 2010. The work is
Keep readingOne of my favorite stops in the mountains will be inaccessible for the next year except for a one month window during the bloom season of 2010. ROAN MOUNTAIN — Pisgah National Forest’s Roan Mountain Recreational Area will only be open during the rhododendron blooming season, from June 6 to July 7 this year, because of a massive renovation project
Keep readingDecember 21, 2009 Scranton, Pa. – Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, will feature special film documentaries that will be shown at the Park’s state-of-the-art digital Surround-Sound theater on select Saturdays in January, February and March 2010. All one-hour programs will start at 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. and are included in the Park’s Entrance Fee. On January 23, the
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