The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to over 66 mammals, 240 species of birds, 80 reptiles and amphibians, an ...

An analysis of data from 1999 through 2023 shows 93% of parks and wilderness areas saw improved air quality on clear days.

During a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1995, Don Barger climbed Chilhowee Mountain hoping to gaze across the valley below. All he saw was a wall of gray haze.

An unassuming dogwood tree outside Camp David became the solution to a devastating disease. A University of Tennessee professor found it.

They remove hazard trees, manage invasive exotic plants, plant trees where damage ... Park Commission took up the charge for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Asheville Citizen and ...

Every year, millions of people visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park to experience ... 100 events focused on beautification, invasive plant removal and recycling and waste reduction, as ...

GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE — As spring begins, Great Smoky Mountains National Park reminds visitors of group size limits during the popular wildflower season at Whiteoak Sink. Individuals and small ...

Visibility in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was twice as ... EPA officials did not respond to an AP request for a list of power plants that have closed due to the regional haze rule.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina is world famous for its wildflower diversity and has more kinds of flowering plants than any other North American national park.

The highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains has a bit of everything that makes North Carolina great. Grandfather Mountain ...