Tag: environment
Parks As Classrooms: So Much More Than a Field Trip
April 13, 2017
Kelsey Reese is an Ecology and Biology teacher at Fulton High School in Knox County, TN who recently took her[…]
Read MoreThe Post-Fire Landscape: What to Pull, What to Plant
April 5, 2017
Recovery after November’s tragic wildfires may be a slow and difficult process for many. Homes, businesses, and more importantly, lives[…]
Read MoreDon’t Move Rocks!
October 10, 2015
by Brent McDaniel, Director of Marketing Drive down any of the roads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that follow[…]
Read MoreGSMNP Adds DC Fast-Charging to Green Alternatives
October 1, 2015
Superintendent Cassius Cash joined representatives from East TN Clean Fuels Coalition, Land of Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition, US Dept of[…]
Read MoreHigh school interns learn about GSMNP wildlife, staff and programs
September 8, 2015
by Martina Junod Rising Senior, William Blount High School – Maryville, Tenn. The six weeks of the internship for high[…]
Read MoreGone Fishing with Experience Your Smokies
September 5, 2015
The forecast had been calling for rain on Thursday the whole week running up to our second Experience Your Smokies[…]
Read MoreExperience Your Smokies: Class of 2015
July 27, 2015
by Brent McDaniel, Director of Marketing Between our 10 million visitors each year, there are plenty of ways to experience[…]
Read MoreParks as Classrooms program benefits students, teachers, scientists and GSMNP
April 29, 2015
by Julie Dodd For the students, they are trying out the scientific method in the field – analyzing plants for[…]
Read MoreMaking It Clear: Understanding Water Quality Research
January 6, 2015
Friends of the Smokies has already contributed more than $600,000 to support water quality monitoring in Great Smoky Mountains National[…]
Read MoreFriends of the Smokies Gives $2.4 Million to Fund Conservation, Preservation, and Protection in Great Smoky Mountains National Park So Far in 2014
May 7, 2014
By Holly Scott, Marketing Director Who are Friends of the Smokies? Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park a.k.a. Friends of the[…]
Read MoreSecretary Sally Jewell Hikes Chimney Tops Trail with Friends of the Smokies
March 3, 2014
By Holly Scott, Marketing Director March 3, 2014 United States Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited the Smokies[…]
Read MoreWhat is #GivingTuesday? (And how can it work for me?)
November 30, 2013
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir by Holly Scott, Marketing Director[…]
Read MoreGet Your Banff On in Knoxville
February 27, 2013
by Holly Scott Friends of the Smokies Marketing Director Four years ago on a warm spring evening, my colleague Sarah[…]
Read MoreThe Impact of Your “Friends”
February 8, 2013
by Meridith Powell, Board of Directors, Friends of the Smokies Today, I had a great reminder of why Friends of[…]
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