Hiking the Appalachian Trail has changed a bit in the last 3 1/2 decades, but it is still worth every blister.

America has always stripped the land of its original, Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications.

Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) continues to preserve land for public access in Ashe County, and recently completed the purchase of 32 acres on the northern slope of Mount Jefferson that will be added to ...