Nov. 6—Twice a week, for seven months out of the year, Bill Lowry makes his way up the winding mountain roads to the Cataloochee Valley. There, Lowry is a volunteer in the Cataloochee Elk Bugle Corps.

As Tropical Storm Helene fomented in the Caribbean, it seemed likely that Great Smoky Mountains National Park would take a direct hit. The storm reached Category 4 before slamming Florida’s Gulf Coast ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Prescribed burns are being planned for the Cataloochee Valley on Nov. 18, according to a release from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. RELATED: Live Updates: ...

News release from the National Park Service: The National Park Service plans to conduct a prescribed burn in the Cataloochee Valley area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Tuesday, November 18, ...

Fields in the Cataloochie area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been closed to tourist during elk breeding season, the park says. NPS / Victoria Stauffenberg Hungry bears are typically a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s been 20 years since elk were first reintegrated into Great Smoky Mountains National Park and conservation efforts in North Carolina and Tennessee continue to this day.

One of the elk living in Cataloochee Valley of Haywood County looks across the valley in June 2013. Photo by Colby Rabon, courtesy of Carolina Public Press By Jack Igelman, originally published by ...

The annual elk breeding season, known as the rut, is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The rut can be exciting to witness, but it can also be dangerous, as elk are especially ...