"First rule of Pisgah is we don't talk about Pisgah," jokes one Redditor, quoting "Fight Club" to convey how zealously locals guard the semi-secret delights of Pisgah National Forest, less than ...

Thousands of people enter a lottery each year. Not for $1 million, but for a brief chance see fireflies mate at night. What’s ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is steeped in rich history ... Most of the park roads are two-lane roads that are ...

They rippled and waved along the forest floor, almost like a starling murmuration, before going dark all together for stretches. People carried red-tinted flashlights and sat in folding chairs along ...

America’s most visited national park, Great Smoky Mountains, saw more visitors last ... got old growth forest … If you do one trail, do that trail.” Free recommends at least two days in ...

There’s a reason Great Smoky Mountains National Park sees more visitors ... U.S. (including Clingmans Dome at 6,643 feet), dense forest, year-round wildflowers, stunning drives, and hiking ...

Kephart and a few like-minded people proposed that the Smoky Mountains be made into a national park to protect the 100,000 acres of virgin forest that still remained. Among those joining the cause ...

Forestry Biologist for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Glenn Taylor highlighted forest health. Taylor talked about forest pests in the park, the future pests they are expecting ...

By Emily Schmall Roads and campgrounds in Great Smoky Mountains National Park were closed to ... which quickly spread across six acres of forest, was 25 percent contained by noon on Tuesday ...

(WATE) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent ... Service as a wildlife biologist at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington State. During his 18 years with the Forest ...