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 […]
People’s Choice Voting Opens for 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition
(Boone, NC) – Voting will open Friday, March 4 at 7:00 pm for the 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition People’s Choice Award. 44 finalist images are now on display through June 4 at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the Campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. A panel of […]
Park Plans Controlled Burn In Haw Creek
(Asheville, North Carolina) If weather conditions permit, park managers at the Blue Ridge Parkway plan to conduct a controlled burn totaling approximately 80 acres within a tract of forest near the Haw Creek Overlook (milepost 380) in Asheville, North Carolina. These operations will occur sometime between Tuesday, March 1, and early April. The burn is […]
