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7/09/2009 3:37 pm - Updated: Greenpeace Climbers Arrested for Climate Change Protest at Mount Rushmore National Memorial : Owen - here's the info on Al Gore's windfall: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10252910-54.html As far as your arguments regarding nuclear power go, did you read anything from the website I provided? The arguments you're using are obsolete. Nuclear technology has come a long way since the 1970s. Finally, the IPCC report is one ...
7/09/2009 12:22 pm - Updated: Greenpeace Climbers Arrested for Climate Change Protest at Mount Rushmore National Memorial : The global warming scare is the greatest hoax ever put on mankind. Does it bother you at all that Al Gore stands to make millions of dollars if this silly-a$$ carbon credit trade system is put in place? Don’t you think that this is a conflict of interest in the ...
2/26/2009 7:33 am - Another Yellowstone National Park Wolf Reaches Colorado : When I was in Leadville last summer, there was an un-confirmed report of a wolf sighting in the Mt. Elbert - Mt. Massive area, which leads me to believe there might be more wolves in Colorado than people think. Jeff
11/07/2008 10:10 am - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Officials to Outline Paving Options for Cades Cove : Kurt - don't know if you receive Smokies Life Magazine (excellent publication from the Great Smoky Mountains Association) or not, but there's an extensive interview with Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson in the current issue. Ditmanson stated that he's looking for ways to solve some of the heavy traffic problems in ...
11/07/2008 8:13 am - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Officials to Outline Paving Options for Cades Cove : It will be interesting to see if there will be any "outside-the-box" alternatives offered at this meeting for helping to ease the traffic problems that plague the loop. One definite positive impact that will come out of the repavement project is that road cycling will be a much more viable ...
10/17/2008 8:18 am - Conservation Groups Sue to Cut Air Pollution Over Great Smoky Mountains National Park : In my view, the answer to this problem is a no brainer: nuclear power. It's 100% clean. It's renewable. It's safe to operate, and the transportation and storage of nuclear waste have been scientifically proven to be safe. Most of the power generated in France comes from nuclear power. People ...
9/13/2008 1:45 pm - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps : I ran into an interesting film the other day regarding the CCC in the Smoky Mountains. The film was produced by the U.S. Department of Interior back in 1936 and appears to be a newsreel type production. In addition to a few scenic shots, the film shows CCC corp men ...
9/09/2008 9:39 am - Visitation Decline at Great Smoky Mountains National Park Has Area Businesses, Residents, and Governments Worried : Bob - if there's a silver lining in this story it's that experts are predicting (as Kurt mentioned in his Fall Colors post) above-average leaf color this fall for the Southern Appalachians. Last year, the fall color season in the Smoky Mountains region was muted due to the extreme drought ...
8/15/2008 7:15 pm - Toyota's Donation to Yellowstone National Park: Corporate Greenwashing, or Good Partner? : I say take the money and run. This is really no different, at least in my mind, of when John Rockefeller made a contribution of $5 Million that helped fund the purchase of lands that eventually became Great Smoky Mountains N.P. Several of the early eastern parks were made possible ...
8/11/2008 8:36 am - Why You Should Not Store Food in Your Car at Great Smoky Mountains National Park : The people that stood around and watched this bear break into the car were totally irresponsible. Why didn’t they chase the bear off and call the Park Service? Not only was this car damaged, but that bear may have caused trouble for other cars, campers or, possibly even acted aggressively ...

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Where To Look For Spring Wildflowers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Smoky Mountains are home to more than 1,600 species of flowering plants. During each month of the year, some forb, tree or vine is blooming in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. During the spring, wildflowers explode during the brief window just prior to trees leafing out and shading the forest floor (from about mid-April through mid-May).

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Where To Look For Spring Wildflowers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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