Ann Childress, Chief of Interpretation and Education for the Blue Ridge Parkway has retired after 33 years and 10 months of service. She was honored with a reception at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville this past week, where friends, family and colleagues shared stories and gifts. Phil Francis, Superintendent, and Monika Mayr, […]

(Boone, NC) With the December 17th deadline fast approaching, organizers of the 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition are pleased to announce the selection of this year’s competition judges. Photographers interested in submitting their work for consideration should visit http://www.appmtnphotocomp.org for competition rules and to register. The jurors selected for the 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain […]

(Asheville, NC) The National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director has approved the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Guardrail Replacement and Installation. This document records the decision of the National Park Service to provide a consistent, comprehensive, and adaptive approach to maintain roadside safety while protecting, to the maximum extent possible, the Blue […]

(Boone, NC) — A program of the 8th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, The Parkway Tree Project is this year’s Blue Ridge Parkway, Share the Journey® category theme. The Parkway Tree Project has been established to document significant trees of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photographers are encouraged to capture images of trees within the Parkway […]

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation with honor has announced that Dr. Houck Medford of Winston-Salem, its founder and chief executive officer, has resigned and has been succeeded as acting CEO by Dr. Carolyn Ward of Asheville, who has been serving as chief operating officer. Medford will continue as a consultant to the Foundation. In making […]