• Avent Cabin (Hidden in the Smokies)
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• Backpacking Advice (for families w/children)
• Bear Baiting in the Smokies or Behavior Modification?  (Closed campsite, open sardines and an automatic wildlife camera...., May 2009)
• Brook Trout Farming in the Smokies?  The sad facts...  Is it wise to kill all the critters in a stream just so a more desirable species of fish can be substituted? The issue is controversial. Read my take on it....
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• Cameras & Stuff - Details about the photography tools used to take all the photos you've seen on these webpages
• Close-up Photography Tips - Learn how to take excellent close-ups of wildflowers with your simple point 'n shoot digital cameras.
• Cicadas in the Smokies - Check out these red-eyed beauties.
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• Emergency Locator Beacons for Hikers - Comparision of GPS-only units like SPOT with 406 MHz PLB's
• Elkmont: Endangered Species--Elkmont Cottages - Just how is it that more than 50 cottages and an old lodge remained undisturbed in the Smokies while other structures were demolished?
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• Fall Colors in the Smokies - Touring Tips to Avoid Traffic Jams
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• If Only I'd Had My Camera - Those unlikely critter shots
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• Hiking Shelters in the Smokies
• Hot Lips Mushrooms - Scarlet Cups, they be smoking!
• Hummingbirds - These little gems need your help.
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• Kill, Kill, Kill - Targeting wildlife in the name of sport.
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• Mingus Mill - Reflections for a rainy day.
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• Old Maps of the Smokies -- Free to All !
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• Poetic Musings (Al's poetic side)
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• Sandhill Cranes in Tennessee? - You bet! 
• Sexy Geraniums - Wild, White and Sticky--The Sex Life of Flowers Might Surprise You
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• The Daypack & Stuff Inside - A look at Gearhead's choice of daypacks and the stuff he carries on hikes.
• Thornless Blackberries - Somewhere between 4,500' and 5,000' elevation in the Smokies, the thorns disappear!
• Trilliums - The Queen of Smokies Wildflowers - More information about trilliums and links to over 80 of my favorite trillium photos.
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• White Oak Sink Area - A gem of a place in the Smokies that isn't along a published hiking trail.  Unusual geology, waterfalls, rare wildflowers, extensive signs of a former community and more.
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• Wild Turkeys:  My Friend Janice is a Turkey Charmer!
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• Wildflowers - Where to Find Them - Need help finding which trails to hike for the best wildflower displays during spring & summer?
• Wrecked Steam Engines in the Smokies - Two locations in the Smokies have the remains of wrecked steam engines.

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