In the February 1977 issue, we detail the story of Barbara Lee, a woman who spends her early mornings and late nights in Uwharrie National Forest looking for red-cockaded woodpecker nesting holes. She has traveled over 40,000 acres of land solo, inspecting short-leaf pines and marking nesting trees — her dedication to this practice enables tree-cutters to avoid nesting sites.
North Carolina is known for many things, but nothing more important this week than the qualities of endurance, resilience, and hope.
By day, this adventure park in the Triad is a fall festival to die for. By night, the undead come alive for Halloween tricks. Welcome to one man’s vision of year-round merrymaking.
North Carolina’s border dances across the mountains as it traces four different states. Life here can be more remote, but good neighbors are never far away.
The Blue Ridge Parkway stands out among America’s national parks: Unfurling across six Appalachian mountain chains, it connects dozens of rural communities and binds together generations of families through shared memories.
