Tag: national parks
5 Things to Do If Great Smoky Mountains National Park is Shut Down
January 19, 2018
Updated: Monday, January 22, 11:00am Please understand that if you visit GSMNP during a government shut down, services will be[…]
Read MoreVolunteer with Trails Forever Crew on Chimney Tops Trail
July 10, 2014
By Holly Scott Jones, former Marketing Director of Friends of the Smokies A Brief Look Back at Smokies Trails[…]
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 MoreGreat Smoky Mountains National Park Open Again
October 16, 2013
by Holly Scott, Marketing Director Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopened at 8 a.m. today (Oct. 16). That’s right, Cades[…]
Read More5 Things You Can Do While Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Shutdown
October 2, 2013
By Holly Scott, Marketing Director As you may have heard, due to the government shut-down, Great Smoky Mountains National Park[…]
Read MoreSmoky Mountains Parks as Classrooms Program
August 8, 2013
by Holly Scott Friends of the Smokies, Marketing Director More than 20,000 kids every year get to go to school[…]
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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