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Fall Heritage Festival and Old Timer’s Day

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
Only three weeks away is the annual Fall Heritage Festival and Old Timer's Day in Townsend, Tennessee.

This years' event, which takes place on Friday, September 23rd, and Saturday, September 24th, will include many old-time Appalachian skills demomstrations, such as; blacksmithing, beekeeping, Cherokee finger weaving, as well as sorghum molasses, apple butter, apple cider, and cornmeal making, among others.

The Cades Cove Preservation Association will have exhibits, and Appalachian Bear Rescue will have a black bear booth.

There will also be bluegrass music and clogging at the stage, and jam sessions on the porch and under the trees, all day long.

For more information, visit Townsend's Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau website.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

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Appalachian Bear Rescue Video

Friday, May 20th, 2011
Within the last couple of weeks Appalachian Bear Rescue has launched a new Youtube Channel containing several new bear related videos - as one might expect! Appalachian Bear Rescue, located just outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rehabilitates orphaned and injured bears for release into the wild.

Below is a video of Easter, a malnourished and severely dehydrated cub when found and brought into ABR last month. Easter arrived at ABR weighing just 3 pounds, 8 ounces, instead of a more normal 10 pounds for her age.




Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com

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Appalachian Bear Rescue returning bears to wild

Friday, May 21st, 2010
While biologists in the Great Smoky Mountains were forced to euthanize a bear this week after a visitor was bit on the Laurel Falls Trail, the Appalachian Bear Rescue is returning several bears to the wild this week.

Appalachian Bear Rescue released six bears on Wednesday, three were on tap for Thursday, and one last bear was set for release today.

You can read the full story from WBIR by clicking here.


Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.

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