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Category: Friends of the Smokies

Hikers celebrate Margaret Stevenson’s 102nd birthday atop Mt. LeConte

July 28, 2014

Group celebrating Margaret Stevenson's 102nd birthday

To celebrate hiking legend Margaret Stevenson, 68 hikers gathered at LeConte Lodge on July 16 for what would have been[…]

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Hike to the Albright Grove offers rare Smoky Mountain quietude in nation’s busiest national park

July 2, 2014

Baxter Cabin along Maddron Bald Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

by Julie Dodd and Holly Scott Holly: The July 4th holiday is always a very busy time here in the foothills[…]

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Friends of the Smokies supports efforts to save eastern hemlocks in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

May 29, 2014

Sprayer truck spraying hemlocks in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

by Julie Dodd The eastern hemlock is one of the most common trees in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.[…]

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