President Trump's hiring freeze forced national parks to rescind more than 2,000 seasonal and permanent positions.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to one of the largest black bear populations in the Eastern United States.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park relies on 200 permanent ... trail and facility maintenance; bear management; and other projects. National parks, including the Smokies, have seen record ...

and black bear (Ursus americanus), which are focal species of the ongoing research associated with wildlife crossings in the Pigeon River Gorge. The land is also within the Great Smoky Mountains ...

OpenTable's picks stretch across cuisines and the length of the Volunteer State, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the ...

Screenshot from "Bear with rare five-cub litter breaks into, steals from SUV in Great Smoky Mountains" via USA Today Network. Secure your doors and roll up your windows—there’s a black bear bandit on ...

Back in the late 1880s, two remarkable men, Wilbur Zeigler and Ben Grosscup, visited Western North Carolina for the express purpose of developing a comprehensive profile of the region’s resources. ...

At the end of 2024, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres on the eastern edge of Great Smoky ...