This is one of the transmitters used by park researchers to find out when an elk cow has given birth, it is expelled when the calf is born. All the women in the Tremont group cringed when this was shown! Fortunately for me, this one had not been used! ;)
have stirred many emotions over whether they should be torn down to let nature reclaim the land or if they should be restored for their historical value. These vacation homes were enjoyed by generations of families from the 1920's up until 1999 when the lease on the land expired with the Park Service.
are found in the high elevations of the Smokies. The way to tell the difference between firs and spruces is to look at how the needles grow on the branches --- firs are flat on the bottom, spruce needles grow all the way around the branch.
