Some people hear that Great Smoky Mountains is America’s most-visited national park and think it’s a reason to stay away. The ...

Over the decades since 52 elk were reintroduced to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Cataloochee Valley in 2001 and 2002, wildlife biologists have longed for a statistically accurate count ...

The 80-some elk living in this area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park are still invisible beneath the forest canopy as the sun shines bright and warm. But the group of volunteers gathering in ...

There are 1,660 wild flowering plants and 1,600 bears in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There are also Deer and Elk. and many other animals and species. Wildlife photographers and nature ...

Spot elk: After disappearing from North Carolina ... Get historic: Appalachian history lives within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...

Over the decades since 52 elk were reintroduced to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Cataloochee Valley in 2001 and 2002, wildlife biologists have longed for a statistically accurate count ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

I’ve fished streams and hugged massive old growth trees and spotted elk at dusk and climbed some of the tallest peaks in the eastern U.S. all within the borders of Great Smoky Mountains National ...

The 407 acres is an important travel corridoor and feeding ground for bear and elk, experts say. Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy photo Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522,427 ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is beloved ... movement corridor” corridor for elk and bear. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which conserves land for elk and other wildlife, pitched ...