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Avid hikers often take advantage of the many trails at Great Smoky Mountains National Park including a path that goes through Newfound Gap in Tennessee. When choosing your route, check the Backcountry section of the Temporary Road and Facilities Closures page to determine if the trail you are considering is Hikers enjoy the Smoky Mountains during all open and that there are no warnings or special notices months of the year with every season offering its own posted for it. special rewards. During winter, the absence of deciduous leaves opens new vistas along trails and Be sure to allow plenty of time to complete your hike reveals stone walls, chimneys, foundations and other before dark. As a rule of thumb, hikers in the Smokies reminders of past residents. Spring provides a weekly travel about 1.5 miles per hour. Many people travel parade of wildflowers and flowering trees. In summer, slower. Sunset times vary from just after 5:00 p.m. in walkers can seek out cool retreats among the spruce- December to almost 9:00 p.m. in June. fir forests and balds or follow splashy mountain streams to roaring falls and cascades. Autumn hikers Download a copy of the parks trail map or purchase have crisp, dry air to sharpen their senses and a varied one from the Great Smoky Mountains Association which also sells a wide variety of hiking books, maps, palette of fall colors to enjoy. and guides to help choose a hiking route and plan your backcountry trip. Visit the Associations online One of the most daunting tasks facing hikers is choosing a trail. Start by deciding on what you would bookstore or phone (888) 898-9102. The Great Smoky like to see. Waterfalls? Old-growth forests? Endless Mountains Association is a nonprofit organization that views? Then decide how far you would like to hike. If supports educational and scientific programs in the you haven't hiked much recently, be conservative. park. In addition, a GeoPDF map of the park can be Five miles round trip is a good maximum distance for downloaded from the Discover Life in America website. novices.

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a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). In addition to answering your backpacking questions, the experienced backpackers in the Backcountry Information Ofﬁce can provide you with tips to make your trip safe and enjoyable.

Thinking about a multi-day backpacking trip? You may also call the Backcountry Information Ofﬁce Reservations and permits are required for all at (865) 436-1297 for information to plan your hiking or backpacking trip. The ofﬁce is open daily from 8:00 overnight stays in the park's backcountry.

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Mountain Knowledge

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Rivers and Streams

Most of the rocks in the Great Smoky Mountains consist of So you want to hike the Smokies? Good for you. However, some overall general idea of this part of the planet would be a great Lake Precambrian rocks that are part of a formation known as the Ocoee Supergroup. The Ocoee Supergroup consists primarily of reason to know why you chose this incredible place to enjoy. slightly metamorphosed sandstone, phyllites, schists and slate. This article will simply provide an overview of why you are here. Buy the why, thank you for coming to our part of heaven. We really Early Precambrian rocks, which include the oldest rocks in the Smokies, comprise the dominant rock type in the Raven fork enjoy visitors to our community. Valley (near Oconaluftee) and upper Tuckasegee River between The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along Cherokee and Bryson City. They consist primarily of the Tennessee-North Carolina border in the southeastern United metamorphic geniss, granite, and schist. Cambrian sedimentary States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. The rocks are found among the outer reaches of the Foothills to the range is often called the Smoky Mountains and the name is northwest and in limestone coves such as Cades Cove. commonly shortened to the Smokies. This National Park was established in 1934, and with over 9 million visitors per year, is the The Precambrian gneiss and schists - the oldest rocks in the Smokies - formed over a billion years ago from the accumulation most visited national park in the United States. of marine sediments and igneous rock in a primordial ocean. In the The Great Smokies are part of an International Biosphere Reserve. late Prebambrian period, this ocean expanded, and the more recent The range is home to an estimated187,000 acres of old growth Ocoee Supergroup rocks formed from accumulations of the forest, constituting the largest such stand east of the Mississippi eroding land mass onto the oceans’s continental shelf. By the end River. The cove hardwood forests in the range’s lower elevations of the Paleozoic era, the ancient ocean had deposited a thick layer are among the most diverse ecosystems in North America, and the of marine sediments which left behind sedimentary rocks such as Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest that coats the ranges upper limestone. During the Ordovician period, the North American and elevations is the largest of its kind. The Great Smokies are also African plates collided, destroying the ancient ocean and initiating home to the densest black bear population in the Eastern United the Alleghenian orogeny - the mountain-building epoch that states and the most diverse salamander population outside of the created the Appalachian range. The Mesozoic era saw the rapid tropics. erosion of the softer sedimentary rocks from the new mountains, Along with the Biosphere reserve, the Great Smokies have been re-exposing the older Ocoee Supergroup formations. designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site The U.S. National Around 20,000 years ago, subarctic glaciers advanced southward Park Service preserves maintains 78 structures within the national across North America, and although they never reached the park that were once part of the numerous small Appalachian Smokies, the advancing glaciers led to colder mean annual communities scattered throughout the range’s river valleys and temperatures and an increase in precipitation throughout the coves. range. Trees were unable to survive at the higher elevations, and The name”Smoky” comes from the natural fog that often hangs were replaced by tundra vegetation. Spruce-fir forest occupied the over the range and presents as large smoke plumes from a distance. valley and slopes below approximately 4,950 feet. The persistent This fog is caused by the vegetation exhaling volatile organic freezing and thawing during this period created the large compounds, chemicals that have a high vapor pressure and easily blockfields that are often found at the base of large mountain slopes. form vapors at normal temperature and pressure. The Great Smoky Mountains stretch from the Pigeon River in the northeast to the Little Tennessee River to the southwest. The northwestern half of he range gives way to a series of elongate ridges known as the “Foothills”, the outermost of which include Chilhowee Mountain and English Mountain. The range is roughly bounded on the south by the Tuckaegee River and to the southeast by Soco Creeek and Jonathan Creek. The Great Smokies comprise parts of Blount County, Sevier County, and Cocke County in Tennessee and Swain County and Haywood County in North Carolina. The sources of several rivers are located in the Smokies, including the Little Pigeon River, the Oconaluftee River and Little River. Streams in the Smokies are part of the Tennessee River watershed and are thus entirely west of the Eastern Continental Divide. The largest stream wholly within the park is Abrams Creek, which rises in Cades Cove and empties into the Chilhoweee Lake impoundment of the Little Tennessee River near Chihowee Dam. Other major streams include HazelCreek and Eagle Creek in the southwest, Raven Fork near Oconaluftee, Cosby Creek near Cosby and Roaring Fork near Gatlinburg.

Between16,500 and 12,500 years ago, the glaciers to the north retreated and mean annual temperatures rose. The tundra vegetation disappeared and the spruce-ﬁr forest retreated to the highest elevations. (probably why we have great Christmas Trees around here). Hardwood tress moved into the region from the coastal plains, replacing the spruce-ﬁr forest in the lower elevations. The temperatures continued warming until around 6,000 years ago, when they began to gradually grow cooler.

Publishers Note We generally do not publish articles that are this technical. However, we have received request from readers that want to know more about the Smokies and its geology.

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Park Hosts Cherokee Exhibit at Oconaluftee Visitor Center

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a Cherokee touring exhibit, “Understanding our Past, Shaping our Future“, on Saturday, April 26 through Tuesday, May 27 at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. The exhibit focuses on Cherokee language and culture, using sound recordings as the basis for presenting a coherent story in words and text. Acting Superintendent Pedro Ramos will welcome the community to a special sneak preview of the exhibit on Friday, April 25 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “We are honored to host this incredible exhibit that tells the story of our shared past,” said Ramos. “We cannot separate the story of the Cherokee people from the story of the park and we look forward to sharing this rich history in such a special way with our visitors.” The content for the exhibit was developed, by design, with signiﬁcant community input allowing a more personal Cherokee story to be told. Community teams held monthly discussions to develop exhibit themes and images. Rather than presenting a chronological history, teams developed a thematic approach to sharpen the Cherokee perspective focusing on Cherokee

homeland, heritage sites, tourism, family, Carolina University (WCU) Cherokee C e n t e r ; To m B e l t , W C U C h e r o k e e and community celebrations. Language Program; Evelyn Conley, Much of the exhibit text was excerpted from Indigenous Education Institute; Jeff Marley, conversations originally recorded in Nantahala School for the Arts; Yona Wade, Cherokee instead of translating from Cherokee Central School; Andrew Denson, English into Cherokee. A Cherokee speakers Jane Eastman, and Hartwell Francis, WCU group, organized in cooperation with the professors; Corrine Glesne, Asheville Cherokee Language Program at Western evaluator; and Anna Fariello, project Carolina University, met weekly at the director. Kituwah Academy where members were shown historic photographs and asked to The touring exhibit is sponsored by the comment on them. These conversations Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in were transcribed, translated, and included on partnership with Cherokee Central Schools, the ﬁfteen panels that make up the exhibit. Southwestern Community College, and Re-recorded by language instructor Tom Western Carolina University. Funding was Belt, these conversations are archived in provided by the Institute of Museum and Hunter Library’s online digital collections at Library Services. Western Carolina University. Slated to travel to ten sites in the region, the The exhibit panels use smart phone exhibit places cultural interpretation in technology and QR codes to link to locations frequented by the public. conversations in the archived collections. “Understanding our Past, Shaping our By hitting the on-screen play button, an Future” will later be on view at the Swain exhibit visitor can listen to the Cherokee County Center for the Arts in Bryson City, syllabary as it is spoken. Members of the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in speakers’ group include: Myrtle Johnson, Asheville, Oconaluftee Visitor Center in the E d w i n G e o rg e , E l i G e o rg e , M a r i e Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and Junaluska, Sallie Smoker, Nannie Taylor, the Cashiers Symposium and Historical and J.C. Wachacha. Others who worked on Society in Cashiers. For more information the exhibit include: Roseanna Belt, Western contact: Curatorial.InSight@gmail.com

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So you’re going to take a hike? Pay attention because you need to know these 7 things when it involves hiking 1. Make sure you are in good health. If you have a hard time walking around your home.... forget about it. 2. Don’t go if you suffer from foot, knee, hip or back pain. The people walking with you may need to carry you back to where you started. 3. Make sure you have real hiking footwear. Sneakers and ﬂip ﬂops are not going to get you home. 4. Unless your are a experienced hiker make sure you bring a friend with you. Also, make sure Call-in Orders Welcome! your cell phone is charged. (At the corner of Highway 321 & Mills Park Rd.) 5. Even if the sun is shining bring a raincoat. 103 Mills Park Rd., #102, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 6. Carry as much water as you can. You may be surprised how valuable water can be.

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Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community Come and see artisans at work ! The Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community is the largest group of independent artisans in North America with over 100 artisans. Established in 1937 this 8 mile loop weaves through Gatlinburg, Tennessee. These craftsmen and artisans weave, carve, cast, sew, paint and whittle to create a vast variety of collectibles such as jewelry, ceramics, dolls, pottery, quilts, brooms, baskets, candles, leather, silver smithing, wearable fashions, artistic photography, oils and watercolor paintings, stained glass and so much more. The area also has numerous restaurants, cafes, candy shops, soda fountains, tea rooms and lodging.

and chat with a painter or potter, or let a broom maker show you how it's done. This a great experience for the entire family or just the two of you. There's plenty of free parking at each shop throughout the trail loop. Ride the "Craft Trolley" if you'd like to see it all without the hassles of driving, a one-fare trip will provide a great way to see everything getting on and off as often as you like. Either way you travel you won't be disappointed, you'll see history in the making and it's the real thing!

Turn at trafﬁc light #3 in downtown Gatlinburg on highway You'll discover one-of-a-kind crafts, treasures and artwork, 321 and go three miles. You can visit our website at and you can watch the artisans at work. Stop along the way www.gatlinburgcrafts.com.

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“I started drawing and painting at my mother’s knee. She was a Sunday Painter and she loved art. She taught me to see.” - J.M. Stewart “The inspirational beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains is a great source for my ﬁne art photography.” - Al Stewart In this crowded room J.M. Stewart closes her eyes and remembers a scene that sparked her imagination. “If I am lucky I'll have a few photographs for reference. An image, an idea, a mental snapshot can rattle around for a long time before I get a chance to put it on canvas.”

Stewart uses a palette knife to paint her oil painting. A palette knife is like a miniature trowel. It is used in place of brushes. The paint is applied directly to the canvas in broad Al and Jean Stewart strokes resulting in a unique and interesting textural image. The Stewart gallery offers a wide range of art styles: “I love painting with a palette knife. It allows me to be free, Original palette knife paintings, photographs and prints of spontaneous and I cannot get bogged down in painstaking local landscapes, historic cabins, barns and waterfalls... details. I don't lose that spark that inspired me.” ﬂorals... prismisms... rosemaling collector plates... photographics... our popular verses in painted calligraphy... When you visit Gatlinburg or Great Smoky Mountains National Park - we invite you to stop by our “bricks and tole painted reproduction tin ware. mortar” gallery at Buie's Landing, in the Great Smoky Arts The Stewarts’ origins are in a small New England town, but and Crafts Community located at 1360 E. Parkway, Suite their home is in the foothills of The Great Smoky Mountains #5, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738. Check out our website at www.artist-jmstewart.com. Call us at 865.436.4466. National Park.

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Bicycles can travel on most roads within the park. However, due to steep terrain, narrow road surfaces, and heavy automobile trafﬁc, many park roads are not well suited for safe and enjoyable bicycle riding.

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Cades Cove Loop Road is an exception. The 11-mile one way road, is a popular bicycling area. It provides bicyclists with excellent opportunities for wildlife viewing and touring 19th century homesites. During summer and fall, bicycles may be rented at the Cades Cove Campground Store (located near Cades Cove Campground). For information call (865) 448-9034. From early May until late September each year, the loop road is closed to motor vehicle trafﬁc on Wednesday and Saturday mornings until 10:00 a.m. to allow bicyclists and pedestrians to enjoy the cove.

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Other areas suitable for bicyclists include the roads in the Greenbrier and Tremont areas in Tennessee, and the Cataloochee Valley and Lakeview Drive in North Carolina. Cyclists may also traverse unfinished portions of the Foothills Parkway in Tennessee. Download a park map to locate these areas. Safety is always a major concern where cars and bicycles must share the road. The State of Tennessee requires that children age 16 and under wear a helmet. We strongly recommend that all riders wear helmets, use rear view mirrors, and ride properly fitted and wellmaintained bicycles. Please obey all traffic regulations. There are no mountain biking trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Gatlinburg Trail, the Oconaluftee River Trail, and the lower Deep Creek Trail are the only park trails on which bicycles are allowed. Bicycles are prohibited on all other park trails. Mountain biking trails are open on national forest and recreation lands outside Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Music In The Smokies Restaurant & Grill Feb. 10, 2014. Neesee is on the piano 5-9 PM every Thurs. thru Sunday.

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By Cyndy Montgomery Reeves Monroeville Band has been included in the Smoky Mountains Songwriters Festival since it's conception! You can ﬁnd Monroeville playing 5 days a week at the Ole Smoky Moonshine Holler stage near trafﬁc light 8 on the Parkway in downtown Gatlinburg.

Embracing a crossover sound between progressive bluegrass and acoustic country, Monroeville Band has caught the attention of Bamm! Will be playing at Senor Hoggs Cantina every Fri. in May and at Hoggs Tavern downtown every Saturday. music lovers on both sides of the tracks.

At the band's core is a belief that good music knows no boundaries. Other venues with live music in Gatlinburg are the Smoky They seamlessly flow through a range of musical styles and Mountain Brewery, Hardrock, Three Jimmys and Loco Burros. sounds, from bluegrass to country and pop, gaining the attention of Before Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine was ever in the Holler, a rapidly expanding fan base worldwide. The SMSWF Song Competition is now accepting entries. Winners Matt Munsey was playing his music there. Matt told us he was will be announced at the 3rd annual Smoky Mountains freelancing and found the spot between Mellow Mushroom and Other members of the Monroeville Band include: Matt Fox, plays Songwriters Festival Aug. 21-24, 2014 in downtown Gatlinburg. Dick's Last Resort to be a great place for a musician to perform. acoustic and electric guitar, piano, and sings harmony for Free live music venues throughout the city of Gatlinburg. Public “Actually, that is where I first met Joe Baker (founder of Ole Monroeville. He spent five years with the Tennessee Shindig and is Invited. Go to www.smswf.com for details. Smoky Tennessee Moonshine) and I've been playing there ever a sought-after session musician. since Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine opened,” commented McCoy Borg traces his love of music to the age of 8 when he heard Munsey. a bluegrass band at Earnest Tubb Record shop in Pigeon Forge. Matt Munsey is one of the founders of the Monroeville Band which McCoy couldn't stop dancing to Blue Valley Boys so he bought got it's start in 2010. clogging shoes ”Dancing so much I could feel the music made me want to play” said McCoy and soon he was playing guitar, banjo, A Grammy nominated producer and artist, Matt Munsey sings mandolin, and bass. lead, baritone and tenor, and is principal mandolin player for Monroeville Band. Matt also writes songs and plays both the guitar Andy Ruff started playing dobro at the age of 11 with His family and bass. band The Sunnysiders. Andy developed his own unique style by adapting classic steel guitar techniques and molding them with hot Starting at the age of ten touring with his family band, Matt dobro improvisation while still retaining the melody. graduated to a regional band at the age of 16, and then traveled full time with nationally touring bluegrass band Barry Scott & Second Corey Hensley's first instrument at the age of 6 was a guitar. After Wind. During the last few years, Matt has seen great success in the that Corey went on to learn the banjo, mandolin, dobro, fiddle, steel tourism entertainment business around Gatlinburg and Pigeon guitar, drums before he finally settled on bass as his main Forge, TN. instrument. Matt was also a part of Gatlinburg's Tunes and Tales for several The SMSWF Songwriters Showcase every 2nd Monday featuring years before he formed his own band Monroeville. An energetic local area songwriters from 6 to 9 PM is at Crystelle Creek musician and exciting veteran performer to watch, Matt gives

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Memorial Day 5K Sevier County High School DECA is proud to host the 1st Annual Memorial Day 5K! 100% of the proceeds of this 5K will beneﬁt the Wounded Warrior Project and Sevier County High School Foundation scholarships. Veterans receive $5 off on race day! Top person in each age division receives an award, and the top overall male and female receive trophies! If you sign up before May 22, 2014, you are guaranteed a goodie bag and T shirt. Those who sign up on or after May 22, 2014 will receive a goodie bag and T shirt as supplies last. The race will take place at 1200 Dolly Parton Parkway, Sevierville, TN 37862. Starts at 8:00 am and the race fee is $25.00. Price increases to $30.00 after May 21. For any questions about this race please contact the race director at joshramsey21@yahoo.com.

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Tales from the Titanic WORLD TRIBUTE TO TITANIC'S 8 HEROIC MUSICIANS Their Lives, Loves and Legacy – An Epic Ballad of the Sea Life of the Party The John Law Hume Story A rich vein of musical talent ran through the family John Law Hume was born into on August 9, 1890 in Dumfries, Scotland. He began to develop his passion for music early on and seized every opportunity to play his violin alongside his father at local music venues. John was known to his fellow musicians as Jock, the cheeky one, with a huge grin, an appetite for life, strong professional ambition and a love of practical jokes. His friends said he was destined to fiddle his way to fame. When hearing that there were exciting opportunities for musicians aboard the glamorous new ocean liners, John decided that this was the life for him. He left home at 16, got his first ship's posting and quickly built a reputation as being a musician of the highest caliber. Despite his young age, by the time John was named First Violin on Titanic, he had performed on many ships. The eight musicians shared 2nd class cabins and soon became well enough acquainted to share personal stories. On one occasion, John revealed that he was planning to marry his hometown sweetheart, Mary Costin, settle down and concentrate on concert work in Scotland. This part of his story took a dramatic turn when Mary found that she was pregnant. Young John may or may not have known this when he boarded Titanic. Soon, after midnight on the fifth day at sea, John and his fellow band members took positions on deck to play their final “set.” Titanic was sinking but the eight musicians played on, hoping to calm passengers as they found their way to the lifeboats. In less

than 3-hours Titanic was gone and so was John Hume. His body was recovered 15 days after the sinking. He was buried, along with other victims, in Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Every day the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge shares the stories of 2,208 passengers and crew aboard the ship. Come visit us and experience the Titanic stories.

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the negative behavior escalates, our options in dealing with the animal quickly become limited.” Great Smoky Mountains National Park ofﬁcials remind park visitors to exercise caution as they view and photograph wildlife to best protect both the animals and themselves. Park Rangers have recently received numerous reports of increased interactions between visitors and wildlife such as bears, white-tailed deer, and elk.

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Park Rangers encourage visitors to use binoculars, spotting scopes, or cameras with telephoto lenses to best enjoy wildlife. Feeding, touching, disturbing, and willfully approaching wildlife within 50 yards (150 feet), or any distance that disturbs or displaces wildlife, are illegal in the park. If approached by wildlife, visitors should slowly back away to put distance between the animal and themselves creating space for the animal to pass. Often animals simply need adequate space to cross a trail, road, or public area as they travel through the park in search of forage and cover. “Wild animals typically avoid visitor interaction unless they become food conditioned,” said Park Wildlife Biologist Bill Stiver. “If an animal starts approaching and threatening human safety, we have several proactive steps we take to effectively manage the situation that bests protects the animal and the public. However, if

Biologists recently removed the antlers of a large bull elk that routinely spends time in high use, public areas in fields adjacent to the Oconluftee Visitor Center, Mountain Farm Museum, and the Oconaluftee River Trail. Dominant bull elk typically defend their territory during the fall breeding season, known as the rut, by charging and sparring with competitors. Unfortunately, this 800-pound elk charged several visitors posing significant to public safety. Now that the rut is essentially over, the elk’s aggressive behavior should lessen and by removing the elk’s antlers which are annually shed, biologists further reduced the risk for harm to visitors. Park officials have taken numerous steps over the past several years to prevent nuisance wildlife behavior by improving the design of bear-proof garbage cans and sanitation schedules, and promoting public awareness in our visitor centers and through our website and social media. The Park also created several volunteer programs including the Elk Bugle Corp and Oconaluftee Field Rovers, who provide on-site, timely information to park visitors so they may safely view wildlife. As a result of these efforts, wildlife biologists have relocated far fewer bears than in the 1980s and managed fewer nuisance animals.

Hike the Smokies Adopt a Trail Program

to one of the park's visitor centers to receive a mileage pin and be recorded in the "Hike the Smokies" record book. Hike the Smokies - For Families Looking for a fun activity to do with your family? Why not go on a day hike in the Smokies? There are several short nature trails and family friendly trails in the park that are perfect for exploring with children or for those who need an easy hike. The challenge is to keep track and record the mileage from each trail excursion, even if it is the same trail day after day and the park will award you with mileage stickers and pins. The deﬁnition of family is broad. It could be a parent with children, a grandparent with grandchildren, two or more siblings, or any other combination of people who are members of a family. Experience Great Smoky Mountains National Park on foot! Join numerous hikers that have logged over 100+ miles and the park will reward you with mileage pins. The challenge is to keep track and record the mileage from each trail excursion, even if it is the same trail day after day. (And remember you get the added perk of fun exercise when you hike!) Also, don't leave the kids at home, because we have a hiking program speciﬁcally for families too! Pocket-sized booklets to record mileage are available for $1.00 at the park's four visitor centers. (Sugarlands, Oconaluftee, Clingmans Dome, Cades Cove) When a person has hiked 100 miles, 250 miles, and 500 miles, he/she can bring their mileage record

Family booklets to record mileage are available for $1.00 at the park's four visitor centers. (Sugarlands, Oconaluftee, Clingmans Dome, Cade Cove) When the family has hiked 10 miles, 25 miles, 40 miles, and 50 miles, they can bring their mileage records to one of the park's visitor centers to receive a mileage sticker or pin and be recorded in the "Hike the Smokies-For Families" record book.

This program is a great way to enjoy the park trails while at the same time helping to keep them open, safe and in good condition! Interested in becoming an Adopt a Trail Volunteer? Here is what you should know: Adopt a Trail volunteer duties include: reporting on overall trail condition, hazards, wildlife issues, signage issues, and blow downs; assisting visitors with park and Leave No Trace information.

Adopt A Trail Another way to get some exercise and rack up addition trail miles is to join the Adopt A Trail Trail Trekkers are expected to hike program and assist the park with maintaining its adopted trail(s) at least 5 times a year trails. Maintenance can be anything from picking up and submit a report after each trip. litter to cleaning water bars and improving trail tread.

Adopt A Trail For Families by picking up litter, removing small maintenance trips you will receive a branches from the trail path, and certificate to take to a visitor center to reporting larger maintenance needs to receive a lapel pin from the park. park staff. There are several short nature trails and family-friendly trails To volunteer for the Adopt a Trail - For Families program please contact the in the park that need this type of care. Trails and Facilities Volunteer The definition of family is broad. It Coordinator or call (828) 497-1949. can be a parent with children, a Your family can assist the park by grandparent with grandchildren, two This project was made possible in part selecting your favorite trail and taking or more siblings, or any other by a grant from the National Park combination of people who are Foundation through the generous care of it at least five times a year. support of the Coca-Cola Foundation members of a family. and the Great Smoky Mountains Adopting a trail requires monitoring the trail and keeping it in good shape When your family has performed five Association.

To participate in the program, volunteers must complete a VIP application and will receive a packet of information about the program, including the trails open for adoption. Great Smoky Mountains National Park provides volunteers with training in Leave No Trace, and when applicable trail maintenance and tool safety. Volunteers must be 18 years old or work with a consenting adult at all times. For more information about the Adopt a Trail program contact the Tr a i l s & F a c i l i t i e s Vo l u n t e e r Coordinator at 828-497-1949.

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Ober Gatlinburg North American River Otter powerful, agile swimmer capable of chasing down even the fastest prey. Did you know? Females give birth to, nurse, and care for their young in a den near the water. The young are weaned at about 3 months old and begin to leave their mother at 6 months old.

Come to see the Otters Lontra Canadensis Habitat North American river otters are found anywhere there is a permanent food supply and easy access to water. They can live in freshwater and coastal marine habitats, including rivers, lakes, marshes, swamps, and estuaries. River otters can tolerate a variety of environments, including cold and warmer latitudes and high elevations. North American river otters build dens in the burrows of other mammals, in natural hollows, such as under a log, or in river banks. Dens have underwater entrances and a tunnel leading to a nest chamber that is lined with leaves, grass, moss, bark, and hair. Adaptation to Habitat River Otters have many adaptations which make them the ideal aquatic hunter. They have two different types of fur: an outer coat of guard hairs which works to protect an inner coat of short, dense, waterproof fur; the inner coat works to insulate them from the cold and traps air to help keep their skin dry. The River Otter's fur is dark brown on it's back and either light brown or gray on their stomachs. This coloration makes it harder for ﬁsh to see them from below. The River Otter has four short, strong legs, webbed feet and a long tail it can use as a rudder. This, along with nostrils and ears that close automatically when under water, help make the otter a

Food Habits North American river otters eat mainly aquatic organisms such as amphibians, ﬁsh, turtles, crayﬁsh, crabs, and other invertebrates. Birds, their eggs, and small terrestrial mammals are also eaten on occasion. They sometimes eat aquatic plants.

Lifespan North American river otters can live up to 21 years in captivity. They normally live about 8 to 9 years in the wild. Behavior Individuals are solitary, except for females with their young. They are known as playful animals, exhibiting behaviors such as mud/snow sliding, burrowing through the snow, and waterplay. Many "play" activities actually serve a purpose. Some are used to strengthen social bonds, to practice hunting techniques, and to scent mark. North American river otters get their boundless energy from their very high metabolism, which also requires them to eat a great deal during the day. They are excellent swimmers and divers, able to stay underwater for up to 8 minutes. They are also fast on land, capable of running at up to 18 mph (29 km/h). These otters normally hunt at night, but can be seen at all times of day. Area Demise and Reintroduction Historically, River Otters have inhabited most of North America. Unfortunately, the same dense fur that helps them survive in the wild also spelled their downfall. Unrestrained trapping in the early 19th Century devoured the River Otter population in the Smokies. After the last reliable sighting in 1936, 50 years would pass before the streams and rivers of the Smokies would be visited by another River Otter. Since 1986, 137 otters have been released in order to repopulate the water ways of the Smokies, and, if you're lucky, you may see one frolickiong in their native aquatic habitat.

Prey is captured with the mouth, and mainly slow, non-game ﬁsh species are taken, e.g., suckers. The otter's long whiskers are used to detect organisms in the substrate and the dark water. Prey is eaten immediately after capture, usually in the water, although larger prey is eaten on land. Did you know? Otters are capable of swimming in circles, which creates a whirlpool-like motion that brings ﬁsh from the bottom of the water up to the top.

Ober Gatlinburg Preventive Maintenance Ober Gatlinburg has their annual shutdown for preventative maintenance going on now until Thursday, May 8, 2014. We are sorry for the inconvenience. We hope to see you on the mountain soon!

Guided Walks And Tours Of Gatlinburg Go on a search for spring wildflowers or explore the world of bird watching on a hike in the Great Smoky Mountains with Guided Hiking tours or learn about Gatlinburg’s past and present during the Guided Downtown Gatlinburg Tours. As a part of Gatlinburg's Smoky Mountain Spring "It's a SPRING thing", the Gatlinburg Special events department will be offering FREE hikes in the Smokies and tours of Gatlinburg. Participation in all of the following walks and tours requires advance registration. Please RSVP by contacting Jennie (865) 436-0505, jennifer@gatlinburg.com. Please be sure to wear good walking shoes or hiking boots (and no flip-flops) and bring water. Bird Walks

in all of the following walks and tours requires advance registration. Please RSVP by contacting Jennie (865) 4360505, jennifer@gatlinburg.com. Please be sure to wear good walking shoes or hiking boots (no ﬂip-ﬂops) and bring water. Friday, May 2, 2:00 pm at the Gatlinburg Welcome Center at the Aquarium Friday, May 9, 2:00 pm at the Gatlinburg Welcome Center at the Aquarium Friday, May 16, 2:00 pm at the Gatlinburg Welcome Center at the Aquarium Friday, May 23, 2:00 pm at the Gatlinburg Welcome Center at the Aquarium Friday, May 30, 2:00 pm at the Gatlinburg Welcome Center at the Aquarium

Join Keith Watson for a fun ﬁlled morning of birding in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Keith is a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Biologist and has been birding in this area for 35 years. All levels of birding experience are welcome as the group will search for and identify birds by their song and visual aids. The walks will be led during the peak of songbird migration so there will plenty birds to view and hear and perhaps a surprise or two! Walks will last approximately 2 hours. Bring your binoculars! Tuesday, May 6, 8:30 am at Sugarlands Visitor Center Tuesday, May 13, 9:00 am at Newfound Gap Tuesday, May 20, 8:30 am at Rainbow Falls Trailhead Downtown Tours Join us for a 2 hour tour of downtown Gatlinburg. Participation

Hiker enjoys the view!

Hiking Waterfalls of the Smoky Mountains Falls is stroller, wheelchair and walker friendly.

Abrams Falls The most water, the deepest pool. But, warning: no swimming!

Walk Behind Falls Grotto Falls The one you can walk behind. There's something magical about standing behind the wall of water as it cascades to the ground at Grotto. This is the only waterfall in the Smokies where you can do this, and the walk to Grotto is easy as pie. It's just minutes out of Gatlinburg off the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, so make it a ﬁrst stop on a day trip into the Park. You can stroll the Trillium Trail through oldgrowth forests, and if you're there in May, get ready to be wowed by the wildﬂowers.

The ﬁve-mile round trip along Abrams Creek is a moderate hike that's worth every step. Cross the wooden bridge and follow the path along the Cades Cove Valley ﬂoor among pine, oak, hemlock and rhododendron. When you arrive, you'll see why a waterfall that's only 20 feet high is one of the most popular places in the Smokies. The amount of rushing water is staggering, and the pool below is long and deep. The warnings about swimming are worth heeding! The currents are dangerous and have swept some to their deaths. Look, but don't jump!

The last mile is intimidating, and some hesitate at the base of the rocks, but if you are brave, cautious, in good shape and not a nervous nelly about heights, you'll be rewarded with a full 360° view, including Mt. LeConte to the easr. Note: Ofﬁcials at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that the popular Chimney Tops Trail will be closed each Monday through Thursday from Monday, April 30 through Thursday, October 18 while the trail undergoes a major facelift. The Chimney Tops Trailhead is along Newfound Gap Road about 8 miles south of the Park's Gatlinburg, TN entrance. The work is expected to take two seasons to complete.

Mt. LeConte Hike to the best sunrises & sunsets in the park. At just shy of 6,600 feet, the views from top of LeConte Lodge in the Smokies make it a trek worth taking. You can stock a backpack and head up for a stay at the rustic LeConte Lodge – But warning, there is no electricity and it is a sellout every year for good reason. Please note, there are backcountry campsites nearby. The most spectacular sunrises and sunsets occur on Myrtle Point in the east and Clifftops to the west.

Laurel Falls

Even if you don't have reservations at the Lodge or shelter, the trails to LeConte are worth the day trip and you can reserve lunch at the lodge dining room, if you call ahead. The Alum Cave Bluffs Trail, past storm-tossed boulders, up stone stairs and under Arch Rock, is one of the best hikes in the Smokies. Try the Boulevard Trail for a longer but easier ascent, or a more challenging trek on Rainbow Falls Trail to the top.

Paved access to a picture perfect wonder.

Chimney Tops

Take a 2.6 mile walk on the paved trail to Laurel and you'll see why so many consider it a must-see. The 80-foot cascade is one of the most-photgraphed spots in the Smokies for good reason. It's only a few miles from Sugarlands, right outside Gatlinburg. If you come in early morning, you'll beat the crowds and be rewarded with perfect light for photography. Bringing the family? The walk to Laurel

A challenging trek to a bare rock summit with a thrilling 360° view. It's only a couple of miles up, but there's a reason hiking enthusiasts all over the world make the rugged ascent to this bare rock summit. Climb among the rhododendrons, over wood bridges and along a rushing stream to the summit.

Ramsey Cascades Tallest waterfall in the park Ramsey Cascades is the highest waterfall accessible by trail in the park. Most of the water comes from the 6621foot high Mt. Guyot, the second highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains. Water drops 100 feet over rock outcroppings and collects in a small pool where numerous salamanders can be found. Trailhead: Drive 5.9 miles from Gatlinburg on 321, then turning right to the Greenbrier area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. At mile 3.2 turn left at the sign for Ramsey Cascades on to a bridge that crosses the Middle Prong. Drive 1.5 miles to the parking area. The trail to the waterfall gains over 2,000' in elevation over its 4 mile course and the 8-mile roundtrip hike is considered strenuous in difﬁculty but well worth the hike. It takes about 5-7 hours to hike to the waterfall and back. The trail follows rushing rivers and streams for much of its length. The last 2 miles pass through old-growth cove hardwood forest with large tuliptrees, basswoods, silverbells, and yellow birches.

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Missing from our streams, wetlands, & riparian areas Locally Grown Produce

Last seen in park: 1940s Spices Story: Horse sugar, a low bush with sweet-tasting leaves, used to grow in Smoky Mountain wetlands. Wetlands, however, have mostly disappeared over the last 200 years, because people drained them to make dry farmland. Today Inventory and Monitoring teams in the park are mapping areas where wetlands once existed, and may ﬁnd clues about the missing horse sugar.

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Flame Chub

Artwork by Heather R, Robbinsville High School, North Carolina.

Flame chub (Hemitremia ﬂammea)

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Last seen in park: 1990

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Spices Story: This small, orange-tinged ﬁsh only existed in one spot in the entire Little Tennessee River watershed: in Cades Cove springs. While this species is also found in the Cumberlands, it seems to have disappeared from the Great Smoky Mountains.

Spotted Skunk Artwork by Tyler W, Robbinsville High School, North Carolina. Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) Status: Uncommon, and possibly declining Last seen in park: Probably exists in park today

Horse Sugar

Artwork by Storm J, Robbinsville High School, North Carolina.

Horse sugar (Symplocos tinctoria)

Status: Missing

The Smoke Will Rise Again!

Spices Story: It is hard to ﬁnd population density estimates for the Eastern spotted skunk in the Southern Appalachians, in part because this small animal hides out in thick rhododendron patches along mountain streams. A 2000 study of spotted skunks in Cherokee National Forest, adjacent to the park, recommended that scientists keep an eye on this species because it was so seldom seen. Resource managers in the Smokies have sighted fewer of these reclusive animals over the last decade and think they may be declining.

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Jim Woods, owner of Discount Cigarettes and Beer in the Family Dollar shopping center at Glades road is announcing plans to introduce a full line of E-cigs and paraphernalia to his shop.

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E-Cig (electronic cigarette) is a battery powered nicotine delivery system (ENDS) which simulates tobacco smoking. It generally uses a heating element that vaporizes a liquid solution. Some solutions contain a mixture of nicotine and ﬂavorings while others release a ﬂavoured vapor without nicotine. Some are designed in appearance to look like cigarettes while others are considerably different in appearance.

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Historic Buildings

Please Remember That Feeding Bears and Other Wildlife Is Illegal

Great Smoky Mountains National Park holds one of the best collections of log buildings in the eastern United States. Over 90 historic structures- houses, barns, outbuildings, churches, schools, and grist millshave been preserved or rehabilitated in the park. The best places to see them are at Cades Cove, Cataloochee, Oconaluftee, and along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. Self-guiding auto tour booklets are available at each place to enhance your visit.

The black bear symbolizes the invaluable wilderness qualities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But bears are dying unnecessarily due to improper disposal of garbage or illegal feeding by visitors. A bear's remarkable sense of smell may lead it to human foods, such as a picnicker's cooler, garbage left in the open, or food scraps thrown on the ground or left in the grill. Robert Crootof Photo

A bear that has discovered human food or garbage will eventually become dayactive and leave the safety of the backcountry. It may panhandle along roadsides and be killed by a car or it may injure a visitor and have to be euthanized. Please do your part to help protect black bears and other wildlife in the Great Smokies. Clean your picnic area, including the grill and the into a festive, fun-ﬁlled scene with games, ground around the table, thoroughly after your meal. The Jim Bales Cabin on the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail.

Beans And Cornbread Blast Downtown Gatlinburg May 8

foot-stompin' mountain bluegrass music and, of course, lots of Beans and Cornbread. Vendors will compete against each other with their special recipes and you get to help decide the winner! Compete to win in our ﬁrst annual Corn Hole Tournament and at the same time help support our local Humane Society.

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Explore the AQUARIUM Strange and Unusual, Beautiful and Deadly

GALLERY OF THE SEAS

They open mason jars to get their food. There are about 200 species of octopuses ranging in size from less than an Sometimes certain species and environments are so inch to over 20 feet across! Shy by nature, they pose little spectacular they look like works of art, almost too beautiful threat to humans. For defense, octopuses can move or strange to believe that they are natural and not man made. rapidly by jet propulsion and will emit a black ink-like substance to shield its escape. Octopus, sea stars, corals and jellies, animals with bright colors, strange shapes and fascinating movements, are just some of the sea’s living jewels highlighted in our Sea Nettles underwater art gallery.

Loxx “A Savvy Salon”

Commonly called jellyﬁsh, jellies are not ﬁsh, but cnidarians. Most jellies move about by jet propulsion.

Cuttleﬁsh

Some have tentacles, and some, like Australia’s box A relative of both squids and octopuses, cuttlefish have jellies, are extremely venomous. eight arms and two tentacles. They are found in shallow Jellies come in many sizes and shapes, but are more than water, typically along the ocean’s bottom. 99% water no matter how big they are! Unlike their kin, cuttlefish do have an internal skeletal structure. Known as cuttlebone, which is the same “cuttlebone” used by bird owners to feed their pets, this bone holds gases that allow the cuttlefish to float. Cuttlefish are masters of camouflage and can quickly change their color to match their surroundings.

Octopuses

OCTOPUSES have eight arms covered with suckers. They use these arms for locomotion, crawling from coral to coral, and for tasting, feeling and grasping.

Lionfish Lionfish are known for their venomous fin rays, a feature that is uncommon among marine fish in the East Coast coral reefs. The potency of their venom makes them excellent predators and dangerous to fishermen and divers.

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Fireﬂy Viewing Scheduled June 4-11

Park ofﬁcials have announced the Elkmont Fireﬂy Viewing event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will take place from Wednesday, June 4 through Wednesday, June 11. For this year’s viewing event, the on-line ticketing system, operated through Recreation.gov, will again provide visitors with parking passes to guarantee they will be able to park at Sugarlands Visitor Center without the inconvenience of having to arrive hours in advance.

order to relieve congestion in the parking lot and for boarding the shuttles. The shuttle buses, which are provided in partnership with the City of Gatlinburg, will begin picking up visitors from the Sugarlands Visitor Center RV/bus parking area at 7:00 p.m. The cost will be $1 round trip per person, as in previous years, and collected when boarding the shuttle.

The shuttle service will be the only transportation mode for visitor access during this period, except for registered campers staying at Every year in late May or early June, thousands of the Elkmont Campground. Visitors will not be allowed to visitors gather near the popular Elkmont Campground to walk the Elkmont entrance road due to safety concerns. observe the naturally occurring phenomenon of Photinus carolinus; a firefly species that flashes synchronously. The parking passes for this year’s event will be on sale Access to the viewing area is provided by shuttle from on-line beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday April 30. the Sugarlands Visitor Center. A parking pass will be The park will hold back 85 passes for each day to accommodate individuals who did not learn of the need required for all vehicles wishing to attend the event. to pre purchase tickets. The 85 passes will go on sale onThe pass will cover a maximum of 6 persons in a single line at 10:00 a.m. the day before the event and will be passenger vehicle (less than 19 feet in length). Four available until 3:30 p.m. on the day of the event or until passes for oversize vehicles, like a mini bus (19 to 30 feet the passes are all reserved. in length and up to 24 persons), will also be available. Each reservation will cost $1.50. Parking passes will be Passes can be purchased at www.Recreation.gov. non-refundable, non-transferable, and good only for the Parking passes may also be obtained by calling us at 877date issued. There is a limit of one parking pass per 444-6777, but park officials strongly encourage the use household per season. Each reservation through of the on-line process, because it provides far more www.Recreation.gov will receive an e- mailed information to visitors about what to expect when they arrive at the park and because the process is faster and confirmation and specific information about the event. visitors are more likely to get a pass. The $1.50 The number of passes issued for each day will be based reservation fee covers the cost of processing the requests on the Sugarlands Visitor Center parking lot capacity. for the passes. The park will not receive any revenue Passes will be issued with staggered arrival times in from the reservations or the shuttle tickets.

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Meet The Locals!

Gary & Marsha at Sparky’s Glassblowing located at the Covered Bridge

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Jody at the dessert bar, Three Jimmy’s Restaurant Emily, Amanda & Cierra at Food City in Gatlinburg

Kim and David at Hogg’s Upstairs Taverne Gina & John at The Jewelry Spot located at the Covered Bridge Susan Gordon winner of the “Craft Basket” at the Wine, Dine and Art Crawl

Judy with Judy Jones Pottery at the Arts & Crafts Show in Gatlinburg Liz and Angela at Dragonﬂy Art Dimensions

PJ, Cyndy, Brad Puckett and Brook at Crystelle Creek Restaurant

Alexa and Tim at Hogg’s Upstairs Taverne Jann with A. Jann Peitso, art at the Arts & Crafts Show in Gatlinburg

Brad Puckett signing the songwriters ﬁreplace at Crystelle Creek Restaurant

Killian and Sharena at Three Jimmy’s Restaurant Joseph and Tre at Ober Gatlinburg

Lynn and Rachael from Arrowmont School

Becky Grieves with Wrapped Elegance at the Arts & Crafts Show in Gatlinburg

Ashley and Sheena at Three Jimmy’s Restaurant

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Gatlinburg Farmers Market Located at the

Covered Bridge The Gatlinburg Farmers Market will open on May 17 with several happenings to start the season. To enhance the farmers market experience while shopping around for seasonal foods, plant starts and other goodies, we will also feature local Author-Artist Mary Phillips and Musician Barry Bianchi, along with Native American Dancing and the Sevier County Humane Society. Each Saturday through September 13, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, as the season progresses, you'll find an array of fresh produce that may include strawberries, blueberries, apples, okra, tomatoes, and the like. Homemade baked goods, honey, jams, jellies, plants, herbs, and flowers are also a welcome site under the vendors' canopies. Other vendors who participate sell natural health and wellness products. Artisans will be available to demonstrate a craft or two and musicians are frequently around to perform. What does it mean to buy seasonal produce? Because the market supports only locally grown foods the season starts out with a smaller selection of veggies and fruits. Certain fruits and vegetables can only be grown in certain climates and grown at certain times of the year which means you may not always find what you are looking for. When you buy produce “in season”, you're purchasing the product when it's plentiful in your area. There are many benefits to buying locally. In season produce is less expensive than out-of-season produce. Since it doesn't have to travel far to .

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get to you, you aren't paying extra for gas, labor, transportation, etc., and you're getting better nutrition. In general, there are less pesticides/toxins used in growing local/seasonal produce, since they don't have to travel far or stay fresh for long periods of time. Your dollars are supporting a local food system and the community. Right now we are looking for all sorts of vendors of locallyraised produce, fruits, nuts, berries, honey, and eggs and homemade products. Nancy Gray, President, GFM, says, “It's about sharing the bounty with your neighbor.” The market is a social gathering spot too. Visitors and residents enjoy sharing ideas among themselves and with the vendors about gardening techniques and tips, as well as those mouth-watering recipes too. Come help us kick off the season on May 17. Support your local food system today and join us as a vendor and/or as a visitor. For more information please contact us at: 865-332-4769 and you can visit us at GatlinburgFarmersMarket.com or like us on Facebook.

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This year's Greenbrier Derby has more meaning for many of the students at Pittman Center. Students in grades 3-8 participate in an after school program that promotes running and well-being. Girls on the Run and Victory runners stay after school 2 days a week to practice and improve their running time. This will be the year end celebration of all of their hard work this season.

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Tucked near the Greenbrier entrance of the Great Smoky Mountains, is the small town of Pittman Center. Established in 1920, Pittman Center Elementary School's mission was to help the people of southern Appalachia. For the past century, Pittman Center has been protecting and promoting their mountain heritage.

The Greenbrier Derby will be held on Saturday, May 10th. Although the same scenic trail will be followed, there are some great additions to the race. Times for the racers will Cold Beer, Great Steaks, Live Music, now be recorded on electronic time chips. A new 8K course Pool Table and a casual local atmosphere. has also been added. This course will have more of an incline in addition to the distance, perfect for someone looking for a Directions: Take Glades Road to its end. The dedicated staff at Pittman Center Elementary School has challenge! The race will begin at 9 am, with registration Turn left and go one mile. On the right. continued with the ideas of helping others and promoting starting at 8 am. Runners, walkers and stroller pushers of all 4133 Birds Creek Road (865) 325-8384 mountain heritage by establishing an annual Greenbrier ages are welcome. Derby. The racecourse begins less than 20 yards from the Greenbrier entrance at the national park and follows the All proceeds from the race will go to Pittman Center School. middle prong river through Emert's Cove. Throughout the The funds are used to purchase technology and materials that run, participants will pass by a historical cemetery and help support the learning of a 21st century student. For more through a covered bridge all while enjoying the beauty of the information and registration forms please visit us on Twitter, Facebook and the school's webpage at www.pcsevier.org. mountains.

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NPS Hosting Birds of Prey Program as the tiny eastern screech owl and northern bald eagle. “We are delighted to continue our partnership with Balsam Mountain Trust for a third year,” Said, Supervisory Park Ranger Lynda Doucette. “This program provides an opportunity for park visitors to see and learn about these beautiful birds ﬁrst hand.”

"A Barred Owl being displayed by a member of Balsam Mountain Trust” Great Smoky Mountains National Park is teaming up with the Balsam Mountain Trust for a third year to present a special program, Birds of Prey, at the Oconaluftee Multipurpose Room on Friday, May 9. Michael Skinner, Executive Director of the Balsam Mountain Trust, will conduct an hour-long Birds of Prey program beginning at 1:00 p.m. This program will provide visitors with an up-close glimpse of some of the most recognized and revered birds such

Balsam Mountain Trust is a local non-proﬁt whose mission is the stewardship of the natural and cultural resources on Balsam Mountain Preserve and the Blue Ridge Mountain region, through effective land management practices, scientiﬁc research, and environmental education. The Trust has earned special distinction as a place where non-releasable birds of prey are taken in, cared for, and then utilized as educational ambassadors. The Oconaluftee Multipurpose Room is adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center on Newfound Gap Road, 2 miles north of Cherokee, North Carolina. For more information on the upcoming Birds of Prey program, please call the Oconaluftee Visitor Center at (828) 497-1904. Park information is also available from the park’s website at www.nps.gov/grsm.

ARROWMONT school of arts and crafts blacksmithing, quilting, glasswork, and woodworking. The school displays its work in ﬁve galleries on campus. Arrowmont sponsors an 11-month artist-in-residence program for ﬁve artists selected annually. The school has also hosted dozens of conferences for various entities, including the American Craft Council, the Tennessee Art and Education Association, the Tennessee Watercolor Society and a 1985 Woodturner's Conference that spawned the American Association of Woodturners. Major exhibitions hosted by Arrowmont have included the 1979 Southeastern Conference and Traditional Basketry Forms Exhibition, the 1982 Forms of Leather Exhibition, the 1983 Directions in Surface Design Exhibition, and the 1999 All Things Considered Exhibition. Arrowmont hosts major symposia, such as Utilitarian Clay: Celebrate The Object. Additionally, Arrowmont hosts over 1,200 local school children annually for a day of hands-on art immersion through its ArtReach program.

Arrowmont is currently known for its seasonal one-week and two-week workshops, which attract students from all over the world. Along with traditional handicrafts such as weaving and basketry, the school's curriculum has expanded to include courses on metalworking, ceramics, jewelry We are located at 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, Tennessee making, painting, photography, drawing, book binding, 37738. Website: www.arrowmont.org. (865) 436-5860.

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