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The Fates lend their voices to new music video benefiting Safe Passage project
The Fates — vocalist and guitarist Natalie Karrh, vocalist, pianist and bassist Lexi McGraw, and vocalist and violinist Bella Wells-Fried (left to right) — captured inside the graffiti-riddled tunnel in Unicoi County, TN, that provides their safe passage under the highway in the new music video “Safe Passage:
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Trailside Talk: Look! A Salamander!
Many of the millions of visitors who cross into Great Smoky Mountains National Park every year arrive with anticipation of seeing wild animals.
And when they see them, folks sometimes get so excited they can’t fully control their enthusiasm—especially when the animals are bears. Camera phones are whipped out of pockets. Children&
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Frequently Asked Questions about Bears at Cades Cove Visitor Center
By Sarah Shiver, Sales Assistant
I have spent much of my life in and around Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which allowed me to learn about it from a very young age. Each visit provided a new learning opportunity and helped me become familiar with (though certainly not an expert in) everything from hiking trails to animal behavior.
While
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Knowing the BearWise Basics Can Save Lives in the Backcountry
By Frances Figart, Creative Services Director
June is traditionally the most challenging month for managing human–bear conflicts in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. By mid-month this year, the park had already closed several campsites where bears had damaged tents and taken backpacks in search of food.
Then, in the early hours of
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Save the Date and Save Wildlife
What is it about the humble wall calendar that explains its enduring popularity well into the digital era?
I guess in the same way that physical mail now feels more novel than emails, or our printed photos have become more precious than the thousands of files stored on our phones, a wall calendar hanging in the kitchen or office has a much-appreciated presence we just don’t want to let go of yet. Even if I rarely use mine for actual scheduling purposes, I like to hang one just for its aesthetic qualities and look forward to flipping the page each month.
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Keeping Black Bears Wild and People Safe
The human-bear conflict will always be a concern in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This article recently published on National Parks Traveler—a nonprofit media organization dedicated to covering national parks and protected areas—is shared here to emphasize the importance of BearWise awareness.
Black bear
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Why euthanize bears that have fed on human remains? Biologist: Bears may repeat behavior
This article is being shared with the permission of Karen Chávez and Asheville Citizen Times. It can be read in its entirety by clicking the link below.
By Karen Chávez, Asheville Citizen Times
What's in a black bear's belly?
It could range from bees to household trash to blueberries. And even the remains of humans, according
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Smokies Life magazine: Where Bears and Humans Converge, Bears Nearly Always Lose
The following is a teaser for a feature in the current Smokies Life magazine.
Point of Conflict Where Bears and Humans Converge, Bears Nearly Always Lose, By David Brill
As research clearly demonstrates, many of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s black bears are moving beyond park boundaries and traveling far greater distances
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Video feature: Become Bear Aware
By Valerie Polk, GSMA Videographer and Publications Associate
The weekend is upon us, and visitors will be flocking to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Most of them will be eager to see wildlife, and Ursus americanus, the American black bear, is likely at the top of their list.
Please remember that bears are wild animals, and any
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Video feature: Bears in a Place Called Cades Cove
By Valerie Polk, GSMA Videographer and Publications Associate
This week we've been sharing several posts in a series about black bears with some important considerations for those of us who live in and visit the Smokies region. Today we share with you a video segment from our film, A Place Called Cades Cove, featuring this icon of the
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