Record #:

2903

Author(s):

Linzey, Donald W.

Abstract:

Sixty-six species of mammals inhabit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since the data were collected in 1968, two new ones, the hoary bat and the coyote, have been recorded, and two others, the river otter and the red wolf, have been reintroduced.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 111 Issue 1, Spring 1995, p1-81, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mammals--North Carolina, Western; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

3167

Author(s):

Maynard, Charles

Abstract:

While more people visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park than any other, federal funding remains static, and services are declining. Alternatives include seeking more federal money or raising funds privately.

Source:

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 45 Issue 1, Winter 1997, p2,4, il

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.); Parks--Finance

Record #:

7652

Author(s):

Igelman, Jack

Abstract:

On the north shore of Fontana Lake lie 250,000 acres of Great Smoky Mountains National Park that are accessible only by boat. Few places in the park remain as remote, and the area is prized by fishermen, environmentalists, and others who appreciate its solitude. When the dam was completed in 1944, Swain County residents were promised a road to the homesteads made inaccessible by the dam. A seven-mile portion was built between 1948 and 1972, then construction stopped. A two-year environmental impact statement which will be finished in 2006 by the National Park Service will decide the fate of the area and the road. Igelman gives reasons for the region's popularity and the options available to the park to satisfy the 1943 agreement.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 70 Issue 2, Feb 2006, p4-9, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.); Roads--North Carolina, Western; Fontana Lake

Record #:

8730

Author(s):

Corbett, Marjorie

Abstract:

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the country's most popular park, is approaching fifty years of age. Corbett discusses the health of the park and what looms in its future.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 50 Issue 7, July 1986, p18-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

11155

Author(s):

Boykin, Sam

Abstract:

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Boykin recounts how a combination of politicians, businessmen, tourism boosters, local residents, and nature lovers brought the part into existence.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 77 Issue 1, June 2009, p86-90, 92, 94, 96, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

13167

Author(s):

Rabb, Miriam

Abstract:

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, located on the border of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, is America's most visited national park. Funded by the United States Government and donations on behalf of John D. Rockefeller, the Great Smoky Mountains national park encompasses 507,159.16 acres.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 5, July 1954, p13-14, il

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

14497

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

After the war, no community in western North Carolina will fail to be touched and changed by the drawing power of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 4, June 1945, p6-7, f

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

14598

Author(s):

Bauer, Catherine

Abstract:

Great Smoky Mountains National Park was less developed in North Carolina when compared to successful improvements to the park in Tennessee during the 1940s. Part of the problem was a Cherokee Reservation unwilling to compromise with government demands to upgrade and draw in more tourist profits. In 1946 the matter was not fully resolved because of increasing government demands met with an unyielding local population.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 18, Sept 1946, p3-4, 20, il

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

15065

Author(s):

Hicklin, J. B.

Abstract:

October marks the beginning of bear hunting season for the western forests of North Carolina. Much of the best bear hunting grounds in the southern Appalachians have been incorporated into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and has become a game refuge.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 22, Oct 1940, p1-2, 24-25, f

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

15098

Author(s):

Tucker, Harry Z.

Abstract:

The oldest primitive house in western North Carolina was the Woody House. It was located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park between the Big Catalooche and the Little Catalooche rivers and by best estimation dates to the late 1700s. The home is located on what was known as Love's Speculation, a land grant purchased by Colonel Robert Love after the Revolutionary War. Park administrators saved the building because it was the oldest and largest log cabin within its boundaries.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 22, Nov 1941, p10, 30, il

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

15174

Author(s):

Hicklin, J. B.

Abstract:

With the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park the government was left with a dilemma of displacing people from their homesteads. Some residents left willingly but others less inclined to leave were granted a leasing option. Leases were short term but renewable and extended to the \"lifetime of persons now living within the park area.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 2, June 1938, p5, 7, il

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

23638

Author(s):

Clarke, Jess; Clevenger, Chris [Photographer]

Abstract:

Reintroduced elk are adjusting to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The elk were absent for nearly 150 years after over-hunting, but the National Park has worked to steadily increase elk numbers.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 1 Issue 5, November/December 2007, p98-105, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

24036

Author(s):

Figart, Frances

Abstract:

In order to protect the Great Smokey Mountains, scientists take to the conservancy each year to study the species there. This effort began in 1997 when the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory was launched. The focus of this program is to locate, study, describe, and catalog every living thing in the park.

Source:

The Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 10 Issue 4, April 2013, p90-91, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife management--Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Small mammals--Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.); Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

25781

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Biologist Peter White codirects the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI), an ongoing project dedicated to preserving the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ecosystem. The ATBI has discovered over six thousand species new species in the park and aims to document every living species in the park.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 2009, p5-13, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ecology and conservation--North Carolina; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

26887

Author(s):

Lacki, Mike

Abstract:

Since European boar were introduced in 1912, these animals have spread throughout major portions of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rooting damage caused by the boar could be decreasing the amount of available nutrients for the proper growth of trees. Wildlife biologists are conducting research to assess the extent of impacts and long-term changes.

Source:

Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 29 Issue 4, Apr 1982, p5

Subject(s):

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.); Wild boar