Another big chunk of North Carolina mountain property was recently protected from development. An 8,000-acre tract that is the largest privately-owned wilderness in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains has been placed under contract to conservation groups for $33 million, they said today. The Hendersonville-based Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and the Conservation Fund, a national group, said [...] This is the only farmers market my family and I have visited in the High Country…A failure I would like to remedy. But the failure is not on the part of Watauga County Farmers’ Market. We always enjoyed our trips to the market and planned our meals around what we found there. So if you [...]  From the official Woolly Worm Festival website come this announcement of the details for the next annual event… For the 33rd year the town of Banner Elk has welcomed both old and new friends to the annual Woolly Worm Festival. This family event co-hosted by the Avery County Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis [...] Back in March Phil Francis, Superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway, wrote an Op-ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. While it is a couple of months old. What he had to say has lost none of its relevance. For those of us who love these mountains and the roadway that runs their length his words [...] |  Custom Search
"It is a beautiful book with gorgeous color pictures. Text boxes detailing a particular subject such as rhododendrons or Daniel Boone are sprinkled throughout. But why did they have to use black text on a dark purple background for these boxes? They are so difficult to read. Except for that shortcoming, this book is meant to be used, not to be left on the bookshelf. I take my copy wherever I think I am going to be on the Parkway. As for the answers to the questions above? Check pages 120, 129 and 108, respectively." I couldn't agree more...  | |||||
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