Written by Contributing Writers
Contributing Writers
A Capsule History of the Blue Ridge Parkway
A brief history of the Blue Ridge Parkway written by Dr. Anne Mitchell Whisnant, a professor at the University of North Carolina.
One Artist’s Experience with Coal Ash
Caroline Armijo began an environmental justice art project after seeing many friends and family die from cancer in her North Carolina community, near one of the state’s largest coal ash impoundments. In this excerpt from her website, she describes the circumstances that shaped her paper sculpture creation, titled “Gray Matter.”
Appalachian Mussels: Our Living Freshwater Filters
By Jesse Wood When European settlers first waded…
Folk Remedies: Useful Plants From Your Backyard
Story by Yuri Woodstock There exists, under our…
Portrait Story Project Highlights Ties To Appalachia
By Jillian Varkas The Portrait Story project came…
White Nose Syndrome & The Fate of Appalachia’s Bats
By Maureen Halsema The world’s only flying mammal…
