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Holly Kays

Holly Kays

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Lead Writer, Smokies Life

West Asheville

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Total articles 1534

  • Word from the Smokies: For bears, relocation is no happily ever after

    By Holly Kays Verified| Smoky Mountain News Verified Outdoors Latest Word from the Smokies: For bears, relocation is no happily ever after The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears, but one particular animal had caught the attention of a watchful police chief in one of the park’s gateway communities. The bear hadn’t hurt or threatened anybody — yet — but it kept getting into things it shouldn’t, and efforts to encourage residents to secure attractants like...

    By Holly Kays Verified · Smoky Mountain News

    Apr. 15, 2025

  • In the fight against litter, volunteer organizations are key

    By Holly Kays Verified| Smokies Life@ Every year, millions of people visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park to experience its clear mountain streams, verdant views, and diverse forms of natural beauty. The mountains exert a powerful spell—but too often, that spell is broken by the sight of plastic bottles and candy wrappers scattered beside trailheads and overlooks, fast food bags and old tires flung along roadsides, and plastic bags or balloons hung in treetops.

    By Holly Kays Verified · Smokies Life

    Apr. 09, 2025

  • Word from the Smokies: For bears, relocation is no happily ever after

    By Holly Kays Verified| Smoky Mountain News Verified Outdoors Latest Word from the Smokies: For bears, relocation is no happily ever after The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears, but one particular animal had caught the attention of a watchful police chief in one of the park’s gateway communities. The bear hadn’t hurt or threatened anybody — yet — but it kept getting into things it shouldn’t, and efforts to encourage residents to secure attractants like...

    By Holly Kays Verified · Smoky Mountain News

    Apr. 15, 2025

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Smokies Life

Smokies Life is a proud partner of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the National Park Service.

West Asheville, United States

+1 865-436-7318

Founded: 1953