Another Blue Ridge Mountains Tract Protected

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 they [...]

Smoky Mountain Mecca

For everyone who just lived through the Ken Burns epic The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, take a look at Sylva, North Carolina. Small town America right in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

A view of Downtown Sylva from the old Courthouse – Wikimedia

The awesome Smoky Mountains contain the [...]