The host with the most: These may be tough times for wildlife, but one Western North Carolina town intends to make life a little easier on our furred, feathered and scaled friends. Weaverville has registered with the National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat project (www.nwf.org/backyard), which has certified more than 85,000 sites nationally—yards, schools, parks, […]
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Outdoor Journal
Baddle royal: Paddlers will again flock to the Green River Narrows near Saluda next month to compete in Jerry’s Baddle, an outdoor event honoring the life of the late Green paddler Jerry Beckwith, who died of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2006. The Baddle includes individual and team biathlons that consist of running the treacherous Narrows […]
How dry we are
Rain eases drought situation, but there’s a long way to go.
For the love of orchids
Restore some color to your life at annual orchid show.
Banff on the run
Statistics prove that most of us will never go to Banff. In all probability, few of us could even point out exactly where it is on a map. Crack attack: A still from the film Aerialist. Jimmy Chin, Courtesy The Banff Centre But perhaps that doesn’t matter. Because, each year about this time, Banff comes […]
Garden Journal
Testing, testing: Aiming to help local farmers increase profits, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service will establish demonstration plots in Buncombe County, showcasing enterprises that could boost on-farm incomes. This year alone, the service plans to create plots for vegetables, small fruits, medicinal herbs, livestock, nursery production and ornamental plants. In a similar vein, NCCES […]
Outdoor Journal
Now presenting: Diamond Brand Outdoors in Arden will host a talk by Carolina Day School’s Cathy Walters on Saturday, April 5. For the past two years, Walters has been selected as a teacher/volunteer for Alaska’s Iditarod, the 1,150-mile sled race deemed by some to be “the last great race on Earth.” What would egrets do?: […]
The lizard has landed (with audio slideshow)
Harry McDaniel’s newest sculpture comes to rest in Asheville
Filming this weekend for hemlock documentary
This weekend, a film crew from Back 40 Films will finish location shooting for the company’s upcoming documentary, ‘The Vanishing Hemlock,’ in the Cataloochee section of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Garden Journal
Late to the party?: The Organic Growers School takes place this Saturday, March 8, at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock. If history is any judge, the event may be sold out, but the procrastinators among you might want to visit the OGS Web site (www.organicgrowersschool.org) or call 255-5522 to get the definitive answer […]
Outdoor Journal
Park it: Visits to the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte just got a little more expensive. Beginning March 24, the attraction will charge a daily parking fee of $5 per car. But here’s the good news: Parking passes also entitle their holders to a $5 discount off purchases of $25 or more at the […]
Trees on the cheap
Buncombe Soil & Water Conservation District to hold its annual seedling sale beginning today.
All this and encyclopedias, too
It’s time we turn our attention again to that most scintillating of documents, the Buncombe County Public Libraries Annual Report. Check it out: A scene from the stacks in Pack Memorial Library. According to a new report, the Buncombe County branch libraries checked out some 1.5 million items in the past two years. Photo By […]
Outdoor Journal
Camp axle grind: Asheville Parks and Recreation is offering a spring break skateboard “camp” at the Food Lion Skate Park from March 24 to 28. The clinic is open to skaters of all skill levels and ages 6 to 15. It’s a chance for beginning skaters to bone up on basics and more advanced skaters […]
That’s cold-blooded
Scientists warn of python’s spread.
When the moon hits your screen
WNC facility to offer online viewing of tonight’s total lunar eclipse.
Growing with the times
Now in its 15th year, the Organic Growers School takes place on Saturday, March 8, at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock. Flat out: Jenifer Miller of Fisher Branch Farm in Marshall teaches the basics of seed-starting at last year’s Organic Growers School. Courtesy Ogs Begun in 1993, with 100 attending, the OGS has […]
First class all the way
Bluegrass music has come a long way from its roots in the hills and hollers of the South. Today, given enough enthusiasm for the music and a sufficiently fat wallet, aficionados can fill their summers with outdoor festivals where banjos cluck and fiddles saw incessantly over a period of days. Just how star-studded is Bluegrass […]
Outdoor Journal
Rough waters: The Cullowhee-based outdoor-skills training center, Landmark Learning, just announced its 2008 schedule for a wilderness- lifeguarding program called Wilderness StarGuard. Adapted for remote settings and murky waters, the course is intended to provide important water-safety skills to a whole slew of people, including “backcountry guides and trip leaders, private expedition groups, park rangers, […]
Xpress wants writers
Mountain Xpress is putting out a call for qualified outdoors and farming/gardening writers.
All creatures must go
When the N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services closed the All Creatures Great and Small animal shelter in Hendersonville last month, it inherited a big problem: the more than 130 dogs and nearly 30 cats remaining there. Many of the animals had health problems due to chronic neglect; many more of them had behavioral […]