14,439 research outputs found
Great Smoky Mountains and the National Park
No full textThis article “The Great Smoky Mountains and the National Park” was written by Horace Kephart and looks to have been reprinted by the National Park Service. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Park Museum to House Library of Author
No full textThis short news article, “New National Park Museum to House Library of Author,” from the New York Times reveals the disposition of the part of the Horace Kephart estate. A prolific writer, Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.GETS KEPHART COLLECTION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.~The library, camping and fishing equip-
ment, notes representing many
years of research, maps and personal effects belonging to the collection
of the late Horace Kephart, author,
of Bryson City, N. C, have been
given to the museum to be established in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The collection
is the gift of the Kephart family
and friends.
The library, while not unusually
large, is considered an important
acquisition, since it contains many
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Park Museum Gets Kephart Collection
No full textThis short Associated Press news article, “Park Museum Gets Kephart Collection,” reveals the disposition of the part of the Horace Kephart estate. A prolific writer, Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.In WNOX
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Grave of noted author
No full textThis undated article is a memorial to Horace Kephart (1862-1931), a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author. In 1904, he left his work as a librarian in St. Louis and permanently moved to western North Carolina. His popular book, “Camping and Woodcraft” was first published 1906; the 1916/1917 edition is considered a standard manual for campers after almost a century of use. Living and working in a cabin on Hazel Creek in Swain County, Kephart began to document life in the Great Smoky Mountains, producing “Our Southern Highlanders” in 1913. Throughout his life, Kephart wrote many articles supporting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.GRAVE OF NOTED AUTHOR—On a hillside overlooking Bryson City and with the Great Smoky
Mountains National park in view in the distance, a huge boulder marks the grave of Horace Kephart, of
Bryson City, author of "Our Southern Highlanders" and other books, and who was an active advocate of a
national park in the Smokies. The highest peak of the mountains in the distance is Mount Kephart, named
in honor of the author. The boulder that marks the grave in Bryson City cemetery was brought from the
Great Smokies as a CCC project
Crocker Range National Park, Sabah, as a refuge for Borneo’s montane herpetofauna
No full textCrocker Range National Park in Sabah (East Malaysia), northern Borneo, is an exceptional area for herpetological diversity. Inventories of the Park are incomplete, but show high diversity, as well as regional endemicity shared with the adjacent and more well-known Gunung Kinabalu National Park. The montane ecosystem of the Range offers refuge for a number of rare herpetofaunal taxa, including Stoliczkia borneensis, Rhabdophis murudensis, Oligodon everetti, Philautus bunitus, Ansonia anotis, Sphenomorphus aesculeticola, and undescribed species of squamates of the genera Sphenomorphus and Gongylosoma. The 59 species of amphibians and 45 species of reptiles now recorded from the Range represent 39 and 16.2 per cent of the total Bornean amphibian and reptile fauna, respectively. The high levels of deforestation of the surrounding regions of Borneo, particularly lowland rainforests, highten the importance of protection of primary forests of northern Borneo’s Crocker Range
An explorative study of grade 7, Hanover Park learners' awareness of, and participation in, after-school programmes and activities
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-74).During the crucial stage of their development, many children living in Hanover Park have to deal with numerous challenges that impact on their ability to discover and enhance their capabilities. This study aimed to explore the available after-school programmes and activities for Grade 7 learners living in Hanover Park. Furthermore, it assessed whether learners are aware of these available after-school programmes and activities and what hinders their participation.A qualitative research design was used for this study. Semi-structured interviews with key respondents were held to determine the available after-school programmes and activities in Hanover Park
Anisotropic He-ion irradiation damages in nanocolumnarWthin films
No full textThe effects of He-ion irradiation on the microstructures and the mechanical, thermal properties of sputter-deposited nanocolumnar tungsten thin films have been studied. 200 keV He+ ion irradiation with a fluence of 2x1017 ions/cm2 was performed in the growth direction of the W thin films. Small scale mechanical testing methods, such as nanoindentation and square membrane deflection experiments, were carried out, and the thermal conductivity measurement was performed based on the electrical resistivity measurement and the Wiedemann–Franz law for the unirradiated and irradiated W thin films. It was revealed that the properties in the out-of-plane direction are not changed much, but a significant degradation occurs in the in-plane direction after the He-ion irradiation. The microstructure of the film and the distribution of He-ion induced damages are responsible for the anisotropic property changes by He-ion irradiation.
Sustainable ecotourism in the village of Khiriwong and the Khao Luang National Park, Thailand
No full textPlan BSustainable ecotourism is often considered to be effective for supporting the local communities’ economy and promoting the conservation of protected areas in developing countries. By establishing economic benefits for impoverished villagers or their communities, sustainable ecotourism is utilized to encourage local guardianship of natural resources. To assess sustainable ecotourism’s impact on the revenue of local residents in the Village of Khiriwong and the Khao Luang National Park, and its effects on the environmental preservation of the Khao Luang National Park in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand, the researcher randomly conducted surveys of then visitors’ attitudes about rewarding experiences during their village and park visits. Biologists and Ecologists were interviewed about sustainable ecotourism’s role in supporting environmental preservation in the village and national park. Also, local residents in the village, as beneficiaries, were asked by the researcher to provide their perceptions about the relationship of sustainable ecotourism to cultural disruption. To examine the sustainable ecotourism in the village and the national park and learn whether it provides the visitors with rewarding experiences, a qualitative research was conducted in the Village of Khiriwong and the Khao Luang National Park at Karom Unit, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. The visitors were asked to state their opinions via questionnaires after their village and national park visits. Sustainable ecotourism in the Village of Khiriwong and the Khao Luang National Park were investigated as to whether it helped support environmental conservation. The national park staff and the villagers were randomly selected for personal interviews by the researcher. A comprehensive literature review was conducted about tourism in protected areas, the tourists and ecotourists, host community and sustainable ecotourism, local attitudes, economic impacts, social impacts and environmental impacts caused by tourism, carrying capacity, tourism and sustainable development, and tourism and recreation in remote and sensitive destinations. The research methodology in this study centered upon on-site field observation and mailed and personal interview surveys. Visitors to the village and the national park were asked to complete the survey questionnaires, which were designed and prepared in Thai and English versions. Experts in environmental biology and ecology and local residents were interviewed by the researcher in person with the questions in both Thai and English. The survey was taken during the two-month stay in the village from September 6th to November 6th, 2000. After completing the data collection, the researcher brought the raw results to the United States of America for compilation and analysis. The survey information was analyzed to describe the sustainable ecotourism in the Village of Khiriwong and the Khao Luang National Park in terms of rewarding experiences, environmental preservation, social and cultural impacts and economic benefits. Suggestions and recommendations about maintaining and improving sustainable ecotourism in the destinations were established by the findings. The findings were evaluated using proposed sustainable ecotourism elements in the village and park. Besides providing visitors rewarding experiences, sustainable ecotourism became an instrument in natural resource conservation such as water use. The village tourism brought benefits and income to most local residents with tourism involvement. The local residents agreed with the village and park tourism that they needed more education to support the village and park tourism. Tourism improved access, stimulated new services and conveniences like roads but social problems also could be found. Numerous implications for concessions, national park and protected areas management, local participation, relationships between the village and park, environmental and cultural impacts caused by tourism were discussed
Landsat MSS classification of fire fuel types in Wood Buffalo National Park, northern Canada
No full textJ1: Global Ecology & Biogeography Letters; M3: Article; Milne, David Franklin, Steven E. Wilson, Bradley A. Ghitter, Geoff Heathcott, Mark McCaffrey, Thomas M. Ow, Charlotte F. Y.; Source Information: Mar1994, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p33; Subject Term: FOREST fires; Author-Supplied Keyword: Canada (Wood Buffalo National Park); Author-Supplied Keyword: Forest fire; Author-Supplied Keyword: Fuel type classification; Author-Supplied Keyword: Landsat data; Number of Pages: 0p; Document Type: Articl
National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains
No full textProduced by the North Carolina Park Commission, this 20-page brochure was published in 1925. “A National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains” includes a few poems by various authors and a lengthy essay by Horace Kephart (1862-1931), author of “Camping and Woodcraft” (1906) and “Our Southern Highlanders” (1913). In his essay, Kephart argues for the establishment of a national park in the southeastern U.S., making a case for its placement to include the Great Smoky Mountains. Also included in the brochure are photographs of sites within the boundary of the proposed park. The photographs are attributed to the Smoky Mountain Conservation Association, based in Knoxville, Tennessee
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