 Grandfather
Partners with Appalachian State to Survey the Mountain's
Energy Usage
Grandfather Mountain is carrying its corporate commitment
to the environment a step further this winter by enlisting
professors from Appalachian State University to perform
an energy efficiency survey and make recommendations
of ways the company can reduce its impact on the environment.
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 Grandfather
Mountain Profile: Libba Parsley
She grew up on a farm and now she works in a zoo -- well,
she works in the gift shop located next to the zoo! Meet
Libba Parsley, Grandfather Mountain's retail and inventory
manager and learn about the challenges of bringing a 1950's
era souvenir shop into a new century.
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Flying
Squirrel Census Results are Productive
Grandfather
Mountain represents the southern-most range of the
endangered Northern Flying Squirrel. Each winter for
more than a decade, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission
has come to Grandfather to monitor the vitality of
Grandfather's squirrel population and the January
2007 census proved encouraging.
Find out more!
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 January
Temperatures Varied to the Extreme!
January was a month of extremes in the temperature department.
Four new daily high temperature records were set in the
first half of the month before the Mercury plunged into
the single digits at the end of the month. Read
More About it.
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