Monthly Archives: August 2012

http://cataloochee.com/index-home.php  (Ski Area) http://www.totalrewards.com/brands/harrahs/hotel-casinos/harrahs-brand.shtml? (Casino) Oconaluftee Vistor Center GSMNP U.S. 441 at NC entrance to park Cataloochee Valley off of Cove Creek Road  Elk Viewing GSMNP Deep Creek Area near Bryson City GSMNP  Series of picnic grounds along creek Big … Continue reading →

http://www.haywood-nc.com (Chamber of Commerce) http://www.maggievalley.org http://www.mountainlovers.com (Chamber of Commerce) http://www.jacksonnc.org/ (County Gov’t) http://www.heddenbroswelldrilling.com/ (well drilling) http://www.duke-energy.com/north-carolina.asp (Duke Energy-Electric Power) http://www.localyokelweather.com/default.php (local weather) http://www.partridgeelectric.com/about_us.htm (Electrican) http://www.visitncsmokies.com http://www.nps/gov/grsm  (Smoky Mountain National Park) http://www.smokymountainnews.com/ (Local News) http://themountaineer.villagesoup.com/ (Local News) http://www.wlos.com/ (Asheville News) http://www.thesylvaherald.com/ http://issuu.com/smokymountain/docs/smokymountainhomes?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage  

http://www.griztrax.net/wildcountry/viewtopic.php?t=2073 “Cessna 414 crashed on Browning Knob, not far from the manway. I know nothing about the crash, other than it looks as though at least some passengers may have been able to survive. The cockpit is damaged, but not … Continue reading →

Geologic Story of the Southern Applachian Mountains: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/birth/birth.pdf The Ocoee Basin During the early part of the expansion of the continental crust (about 750 million years ago), a deep basin, known as the Ocoee basin, formed on the margin of … Continue reading →

Bird Checklist: http://www.highcountryaudubon.org/images/Bird_checklist_Pisgah_to_Mount_Mitchell.pdf Mt. Mitchell Summit Birds: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v058n03/p0334-p0345.pdf Jackson County List: (Note: Many of the birds below aren’t found at elevations above 5500 feet.) http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/ncbirds/county_list.php?search_type=County+List&county=Jackson&Submit=Submit Jackson – 190 species Ducks, Geese, & Swans – 14 species   1 Canada Goose … Continue reading →

http://www.fws.gov/nc-es/es/cntylist/jackson.html http://www.grandfather.com/preserving-protecting/protecting-endangered-species/

http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/01/the-hound-that-made-the-plott-name-a-legend.html The hound that made the Plott name a legend Posted by Dave Tabler | January 26, 2011 Plott Coon Hounds are the only breed of the original six breeds of coon hounds without British influence in their ancestry. The … Continue reading →

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Smallest member of the tarantula family, these endangered spiders live above an elevation of 5400 feet in Western N.C. http://www.fws.gov/nc-es/spider/sprummoss.html  

http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/ncbirds/view.php?sort_order=2340 “The smallest owl in eastern North America, the Northern Saw-whet Owl usually requires a special search to find, typically a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the dark on a late spring evening, often in foggy and dangerous … Continue reading →