NPCA works to preserve landscapes and wildlife in the East’s last fully connected wilderness with its Safe Passage ...

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann introduced the bipartisan Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act, which would authorize a study to designate a 287-mile trail linking Georgia, Tennessee ...

Democrats and Republicans from three states are supporting a 287-mile trail that would include Georgia, Tennessee and North ...

The Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina recently published the seventh edition of its “Down the Road: Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Guide.” ...

Starting from Kingsport, groups of hikers will trek 10 miles a day, passing along an ax symbolic of Boone’s axmen to the next ...

ESPN's Chris Low reported Monday that new Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar is joining the Volunteers on a NIL deal worth roughly $1.2 million. That's half of what Tennessee was set to pay former ...

In the six months after Hurricane Helene, the New River Conservancy’s partners collected more than 55,000 pounds of trash and ...

Of the nearly 800,000 acres of trees that Helene downed, about 187,000 lie in national forests. Salvage logging — a practice scientists and forest advocates have long questioned — is the Forest ...

In 2025, the Appalachian Trail, the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, celebrates 100 years of measuring the skills, endurance and heart of thousands of intrepid adventurers.

Creeks, streams, and rivers provide a sense of place, a grounding at times, an identity for surrounding communities. They ...

It forced some evacuations. Stay up to date with the location and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is updated hourly and provides detailed ...

It forced some evacuations. Stay up to date with the location and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is updated hourly and provides detailed ...