Foothills Land Conservancy has completed the acquisition of the 638-acre Oliver Tract near Townsend and Cades Cove, preserving forestland, wildlife habitat and scenic mountain views with plans to ...

A conservation project has acquired a more than 600-acre large piece of forestland that could potentially be added to the ...

The country’s most visited national park will be getting a little bigger thanks to what would be the largest land addition to the park since 2009.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A bear had to be trapped and tranquilized in Cades Cove Sunday after the animal was getting too close to humans who were trying to feed it peanut butter, wildlife officials ...

"National Parks are highly valued and culturally meaningful places for ecological process, historic preservation, and public recreation.” Larry Dilsaver (2009) At the start of the 1920’s, communities ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The National Park Service is preparing to burn 1000 acres of fields in Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park by the end of March. NPS said that burn operations ...