The final pieces of a plane that crashed near the Blue Ridge Parkway 40 years ago have been removed from the site. Park officials said the plane, a Cessna 414A, crashed in November 1983 near Waterrock ...

Land and Water Conservation Fund Enables Creation of New Park at Waterrock Knob with the Protection of More Than 5,300 Acres along the Parkway ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AUG. 23, 2016)— Today a special ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. National Park Service contractors removed the wreckage via airlift early morning Tuesday, June 27. If you've been planning to hike ...

INVESTIGATION FOR DECADES AFTER A PLANE CRASHED IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ITS WRECKAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A SMALL PLANE CRASHED AT WATER ROCK KNOB IN NOVEMBER OF 1983.

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership and Pigeon River Fund provide grants to evaluate public use opportunities and natural resource protection (ASHEVILLE, N.C.) – In the summer of 2016, the ...

For years, hikers at Blue Ridge Parkway have veered off-trail to see a decades-old plane crash site near Waterrock Knob mountain. On Tuesday, June 27, the National Park Service removed the remaining ...

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY - The Conservation Trust for North Carolina recently purchased the 50-acre Open Branch Headwaters property in Jackson County adjoining the Blue Ridge Parkway, which will soon be ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Land that adjoins the Blue Ridge Parkway and a recently opened segment of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail now is open to hikers thanks to its recent purchase by the Conservation Trust for ...