Word from the Smokies: A Nature Reader

By Frances Figart

We celebrate nature in the Smokies by selecting cogent stories from the Smokies Life weekly column, "Word from the Smokies," in a compilation of news articles and blogs centered around Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In more than two dozen feature stories previously published between 2020 and 2025 by regional print media and online, readers can learn about salamanders, owls, otters, mushrooms, sochan, elk, hawks, and a slew of conservation topics that bring the Smokies and its biodiversity into greater focus. Volume 1 of a series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0937207276
• ISBN13: 9780937207277
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Smokies Life
• Length: 140 Pages