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A ceremony at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters took place last Friday when the GSMNP established its first Sister Park Arrangement with Khao Yai National Park in Thailand. Many National Park Service sites have established a “sister park” relationship with national parks in other countries.These sister park relationships provide a sharing of information and park to park contact to work on common park issues.
Black Bear in Gatlinburg Causes Excitement Using Pedestrian Cross Walk Downtown Video of a bear crossing the street in downtown Gatlinburg goes viral. A black bear in downtown Gatlinburg made quite a spectecle as it roamed the streets recently.It was spotted making its way from the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park and into downtown Gatlinburg. It tried to get into the Gatlinburg Convention Center and then it ran down the Parkway and used the cross walk to get back to the National Park. No one was injured nor was the bear. Bear sightings are not unusual for Gatlinburg. The…
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