by don | Nov 3, 2011
The annual fall hike in the Town of Waynesville’s 9,000-acre watershed took place on Saturday October 29. Around 25 stalwart hikers showed up despite the cold, wet and windy Friday overnight and socked-in, iffy-looking conditions Saturday morning, to see and learn a...
by don | Oct 27, 2011
Ten years later and one hurdle leapt – there will be more. Last week the 10th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals upheld the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule after the state of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association brought suit claiming the rule was in violation...
by don | Oct 20, 2011
“Mariah blows the stars around And sends the clouds a’flyin’ Mariah makes the mountains sound Like folks were up there dying” We recently spent a weekend on Isle of Palms. When we hit the bridge over Cooper River on the Isle of Palms connector the wind hit us...
by don | Oct 5, 2011
Acclaimed storyteller and actor Lee Stetson will bring his one-man show on John Muir to Western North Carolina in October. Stetson who was the “voice of John Muir” in Ken Burns’ recent PBS special “The National Parks-America’s Best Idea” has toured throughout the...
by don | Sep 28, 2011
Avid birder and burgeoning cyclist Lena Gallitano has come up with an ambitious plan to combine two of her passions. Gallitano will take part in Cycle North Carolina’s annual fall ride. This year’s trek will be a modest 500-mile affair from Elkin, nestled in the...
by don | Sep 23, 2011
Migration is at full tilt across the region right now. In the passerine (songbird) department thrushes, grosbeaks and tanagers are joining in making those fallouts and mixed flocks even more exciting. And while the night skies have been busy for the last month...
