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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[…]

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Volunteer with Trails Forever Crew on Chimney Tops Trail

July 10, 2014

2014 Trails Forever Crew Members

By Holly Scott Jones, former Marketing Director of Friends of the Smokies   A Brief Look Back at Smokies Trails[…]

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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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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Open Again

October 16, 2013

GSMNP entrance sign in summer

by Holly Scott, Marketing Director Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopened at 8 a.m. today (Oct. 16). That’s right, Cades[…]

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5 Things You Can Do While Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Shutdown

October 2, 2013

SmokiesFallColor

By Holly Scott, Marketing Director As you may have heard, due to the government shut-down, Great Smoky Mountains National Park[…]

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Smoky Mountains Parks as Classrooms Program

August 8, 2013

Parks as Classrooms in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

by Holly Scott Friends of the Smokies, Marketing Director More than 20,000 kids every year get to go to school[…]

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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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