and we found ourselves on a beautiful spring day going to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. So we set off to drive the ...

CADES COVE, Tenn. (WATE ... “New growth and early signs of spring will be visible in only a matter of weeks following a prescribed burn.” “Park managers have learned that fire is ...

Surrounded by mountains, Cades Cove is an isolated, fertile valley. An 11-mile, one-way loop road surrounds the valley and is one of the best places in the park to view wildlife. Once a hunting ...

Burn operations may occur between March 6 and April 1 in several fields of Cades Cove. A release from GSMNP ... Legacy wildland firefighters for our spring prescribed fires,” said Brian Tonihka ...