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10:55pm Oct 17, 2018

Environment Environment Science

Warm Weather Delays Annual Fall Foliage Peak

by Paul Garber

Mid-October usually means the peak fall color season in the North Carolina mountains. But so far, the trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway are still mostly green.
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9:58am Nov 15, 2017

Science Science Environment

'Leaf Wonder' In A World Of Changing Forests

by David George Haskell

Together, aesthetic awareness and scientific analysis puts us in direct, sensory relationship with the forest and gives us the ability to understand what we see, says author David George Haskell.
Photo courtesy of the N.C. Division of Parks & Recreation

6:55am Sep 10, 2014

Science Science

Mountain Forests Set To Sparkle With Fall Foliage

The cool weather has led some trees to get an early start on their annual color conversion.

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