Mabel Meets News Today

The Great Smoky Mountains Association is pleased to announce the publication of “Mabel Meets a Black Bear,” a rhyming picture book written by Flag Pond resident Frances Figart

As days lengthen and temperatures rise, black bears in national parks all across the country begin to move around the forest in search of insects, nuts, and berries. But they also venture beyond the parks’ boundaries, making their way into gateway communities to look for food. In cities and towns surrounding popular destinations like Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this

The National Parks Conservation Association works to provide advocacy opportunities for veterans, service members and their families.

The southern gray-cheeked salamander is found only in the Smokies and some high-elevation areas in Western North Carolina.

From Oct. 25-29, some 20 writers will make their way to Tremont’s breathtaking campus tucked away beside the glorious Middle Prong of the Little River

A new book by Frances Figart and Jesse White shows the extreme of what can happen when people make their food and scraps available to black bears