WILKESBORO, N.C. MerleFest 2011, presented by Lowe’s, has now come to a close for another year. Initial figures show that, from its start on Thursday, April 28 to its close on Sunday, May 1, aggregate participation over the festival’s four days’ celebration of “traditional plus” music exceeded 80,000, slightly more than last year. MerleFest, held […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Begins Phase 2 Reconstruction of Historic Stone Guardwalls
(Alleghany County, NC) The Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed to all traffic from Milepost 232.5 at Stone Mountain Overlook to Milepost 244.7 at Basin Cove Parking Overlook beginning April 20, 2011, and lasting until mid-summer of 2011. Detour traffic signage will direct Parkway visitors around the closure area via NC Route 18 and US […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Chief Landscape Architect Receives Top Honor
Gary Johnson, chief landscape architect at the Blue Ridge Parkway, received one of four agency awards for excellence in cultural resource management. National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis presented Johnson the award March 17 in New Orleans at the 2011 George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas and Cultural Sites. “Preservation is about deciding […]
8th Annual AMPC Award Winners Announced
8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Organizers Announce Award Winners Organizers of the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition today announced the winners of the 8th annual competition. Joe Young and his image Eustace entered in the Culture Category took top honors receiving the designation of Best in Show. Joe will take home a cash award of […]
Park Cancels Controlled Burn In Haw Creek
The Blue Ridge Parkway has canceled the prescribed burn planned for today at Haw Creek Valley overlook (near milepost 381). The National Weather Service forecast for today includes winds gusting to 25 miles per hour, which would have made the fire spread too quickly. Safety is the first priority of the National Park Service fire […]
