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Why did Great Smoky Mountains National Park visits drop in 2024? Not the reasons you think
Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains National ... to the country’s most visited national park abruptly dropped last ...
Knoxville News Sentinel16d
Great Smoky Mountains National Park embarks on new hellbender study | Word from the Smokies
In a two-year research project starting this summer, Great Smoky Mountains National ... worst of the hurricane’s fury, still hosts some robust hellbender populations. Given the damage Helene ...
Tennessean27d
Why did Great Smoky Mountains National Park visits drop in 2024? Not the reasons you think
Millions of people enjoy Great Smoky Mountains ... visited national park abruptly dropped last year by more than 1 million compared to 2023. That 9% decrease was expected way before Hurricane ...
UPI11d
In separate incidents, 2 hikers die in Great Smoky Mountains, Zion national parks
On Sunday, the body of Cesar Herrera-Ruiz, a 37-year-old Canadian national, was found at Zion National Park in Utah, and Ann Houghton, age 73, was found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National ...
10 News13d
2 off-duty park employees self-deployed to rescue Hurricane Helene survivors
The Hicks said they had waited hours to be rescued and without the two park employees, they don't know what would have happened. Yarnell and Williamson work for the Great Smoky Mountains National ...
Word from the Smokies: Amid Helene damage, hellbenders may get endangered species listing
Tropical Storm Helene devastated healthy populations of the eastern hellbender salamander. Because of this they may receive ...