the park service will continue to monitor conditions for another opportunity. More information about prescribed burns in ...

More information about prescribed burns in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is available on the park's Wildland Fire webpage.

The cuts targeted federal employees across all departments with “probationary status” because they have been hired in the past year. Probationary workers are easier to fire because they lack the ...

Were any Great Smoky Mountains National Park staffers among ... Probationary workers are easier to fire because they lack the bargaining rights of career employees to appeal their terminations ...

Cowee Volunteer Fire Department, Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which sprawls across a half-million acres of ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl ... the NPS said. These prescribed burns have been happening at Cades Coves for over 20 years. Before beginning, staff monitors fire conditions to make sure that ...

The natural phenomenon of the iconic monarch butterflies migrating south for the winter is a fascinating one - and it's one ...