Uplift, Erosion, Uplift, Erosion: A Compressed History Of Appalachia

By Appalachian Voices | March 1, 2002 |

images/voice_uploads/smallshendoah.gif Most Appalachian residents will tell you their mountains are unique, but most probably don’t understand just how special they really are. It isn’t the highest mountain range in the world, by any means, but it once was. What is most remarkable about the chain is its incredible age, about 300 million years. It’s possibly…

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Climate Change Will Put Heat On Mountain Habitats

By Appalachian Voices | March 1, 2002 |

Two new scientific reports on global climate change paint a disturbing picture of the future for aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the Southern Appalachians. The reports — “Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Climate Change” from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and “Habitats At Risk: Global Warming and Species Loss in Terrestrial Ecosystems” from the…

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Maple Sugar Production Here Rivaled New England’s

By Appalachian Voices | March 1, 2002 |

Sugar Mountain. Sugar Grove. Sugar Hollow. Sugar Knob. The word “sugar” appears on maps of almost every region within the southern mountains. A bit of our pioneer past is evoked every time these place-names are spoken, and the names themselves reveal the natural history of those particular locations. “Sugar” refers to the sweetener made from…

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