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(11/20/2023) – 🍂 TODAY IS THE DAY: Panthertown Resource Assessments & Analysis
(11/03/2023) November News: Corrected Locations For Trail Workdays
(11/01/2023) November News: November Happenings and News from Friends of Panthertown
(10/13/2023) October News: Crowdfunding for Data; Be a Part of Our Project!
(10/04/2023) October News: Happy Fall, Y’All! 🍁 Panthertown Updates
(09/21/2023) September News: HAPPY AUTUMN!! 🍂 Panthertown Festivities! You’re Invited!
(09/01/2023) September News: Fall is approaching in Panthertown!
(08/15/2023) August News: Get involved with Friends of Panthertown
(07/18/2023) July News: Programs and Events for Everyone!
(07/06/2023) July News: Exciting July with Friends of Panthertown!
(05/29/2023) June News:  Lovely June in Panthertown
(05/09/2023) May News: May and June in Panthertown!
(03/29/2023) April News:  👀 See what we are up to in April!
(02/27/2023) March News: Panthertown March News 🐸 Stewardship Report + USFS Plan
(02/02/2023) February News: THANK YOU, FRIENDS!!!

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WOW! Our community showed up and showed out for our resource assessment and analysis crowdfund. THANK YOU! These funds are monumentally important for this project, and we can’t wait for you all to see the results coming in 2024! Thank you volunteers! We had some core crew members join us for a trail workday yesterday to prune the Great Wall trail corridor. FoP hosted WCU Sequoyah Distinguished Professor, Dr. Brett Riggs, for a Cherokee Walk n’ Talk this past month. We were enlightened about Cherokee culture and the legends of Judaculla the slant-eyed giant, Spearfinger a shape-shifting stone woman, and the illusive nature beings called Little People. We are grateful for the knowledge shared and time spent in the ancestral lands of the Cherokee! Thank you to everyone who has already supported the Panthertown Resource Assessment & Analysis project. We are so close to our funding goal! Today is the last day of our campaign. In this video, our staff share what this project is all about and why it’s essential to what we do in Panthertown. We are grateful for our community. ❤️🌲 #protectpanthertown #panthertownvalley #panthertownvalleytrails #nantahalanationalforest #leavenotrace #recreateresponsibly #bebearwise #greattrailsnc #yearofthetrail Friends of Panthertown, thank you for your involvement in our resource assessment and analysis project! We have one more day for our crowdfund; let’s make it count! Community support is what makes not only this project, but our whole organization, work like a well oiled machine! We rely on our partners, donors, and volunteers to support the work we do. Future projects that will come as a result of this analysis and assessment will need your input! Check out our data page for more information. Trail assessments aren’t just data! They turn into real projects on the ground that keep Panthertown’s trails and campsites sustainable for generations to come. Our recent machine work came from our assessment, and many more projects in the future will too! Only three days left to get involved with this project’s success! Our partnership with the US Forest Service is the reason that we are able to perform the maintenance we do in Panthertown. They rely on us to be their eyes and ears on the ground! This resource assessment project will provide the USFS with a big and little eye look into Panthertown for future projects and maintenance. Only four days to go for our crowdfund! Will you pitch in today? Our resource assessment and analysis project crowdfund is coming to an end, thank you to everyone that has gotten involved with this project so far. Did you know that the information that comes from the analysis phase of this project will be shared publicly? Public lands=public data! Check out our webpage to learn more about this project and help us reach our goal by November 20th.

OLDER NEWS (2022):

10/13/2022 – 🔥🌳 LAST CALL! Trails Training in Panthertown
09/29/2022 – Happy Fall Y’all! 🍁 Sustainable Trails Training in Panthertown
08/30/2022 – 🌳 Panthertown Volunteer Appreciation Party September 12
08/22/2022 – 🌳 You’re Invited! Panthertown Special Event SUNDAY 8/28
08/11/2022 – 🌳 Panthertown “STEW CREW” August Trail Updates
08/09/2022 – 🌳 You Are Invited! Panthertown Special Event 8/28
08/05/2022 – You Are Invited! Panthertown Special Event 8/28
05/11/2022 – Panthertown News 🐻 Bear Sanctuary Update, Forest Closure, Food Storage Requirements