Your park rangers are gearing up to offer a full slate of environmental interpretive and educational programs as soon as health and safety protocols will allow.
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What started out as a pipe dream is now a reality as construction crews working on the pedestrian bridge spanning Mills Creek have demobilized.
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There are some lucky North Carolina residents that are fortunate to live near one of the state’s 41 parks, recreation, or natural areas.
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Beetles, the most important organisms on Earth?
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On December 12 a dedicated crew of volunteers set about planting 50 native trees and shrubs throughout the Paddy’s Creek Area of Lake James State Park.
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Obeth Cemetery has been important to me since I was there with my dear grandmother in the 1950s.
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During the fall and winter of 2020, Lake James State Park benefitted from the hard work and expertise of a Conservation Corp North Carolina trail crew.
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Progress & Next Steps
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Since its designation as a state trail in 2015, the popularity of the Fonta Flora State Trail has grown rapidly within the region, and is now attracting visitors from all over. When completed, the trail will connect Burke, McDowell, and Buncombe counties with 100 miles of scenic hiking, biking and greenway trail from Morganton to Asheville.
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Have you swung into the park after a hard day’s work with visions of a fast, flowy afternoon, gliding through rollers on the bike trail and sweaty high fives at the end of your run, only to be met with the unexpected and unexplained “Trail Closed” sign?
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There’s more progress to report in this final “Year of Fire” installment.
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Campfire cooking made easy with Ranger Vick.
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The brook floater, a state endangered freshwater mussel, was recently reintroduced into waters it hasn’t inhabited in more than 100 years, thanks to a partnership between the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and Duke Energy.
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Late summer brought a new chapter to the Lake James State Park burning program; the first “growing season” prescribed fire ever conducted at the park.
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Acknowledging that the Summer of 2020 will be unlike any other is the first step in making the most of the COVID-19 version of Lake James State Park.
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