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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[…]

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The Post-Fire Landscape: What to Pull, What to Plant

April 5, 2017

invasive plants guide

Recovery after November’s tragic wildfires may be a slow and difficult process for many. Homes, businesses, and more importantly, lives[…]

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Don’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[…]

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GSMNP 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[…]

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High school interns learn about GSMNP wildlife, staff and programs

September 8, 2015

Tennessee high school interns - GSMNP

by Martina Junod Rising Senior, William Blount High School – Maryville, Tenn. The six weeks of the internship for high[…]

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Gone 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[…]

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Experience 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[…]

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Parks as Classrooms program benefits students, teachers, scientists and GSMNP

April 29, 2015

students examine leaves for ozone damage

by Julie Dodd For the students, they are trying out the scientific method in the field – analyzing plants for[…]

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Making 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[…]

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Friends 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

Missy Kane Hikers

By Holly Scott, Marketing Director Who are Friends of the Smokies? Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park a.k.a. Friends of the[…]

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Secretary Sally Jewell Hikes Chimney Tops Trail with Friends of the Smokies

March 3, 2014

Secretary Jewell In Smokies

By Holly Scott, Marketing Director March 3, 2014 United States Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited the Smokies[…]

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What 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[…]

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Get Your Banff On in Knoxville

February 27, 2013

PreBanff

by Holly Scott Friends of the Smokies Marketing Director Four years ago on a warm spring evening, my colleague Sarah[…]

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The Impact of Your “Friends”

February 8, 2013

Meridith Powell at Evergreen Ball

by Meridith Powell, Board of Directors, Friends of the Smokies Today, I had a great reminder of why Friends of[…]

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