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National Parks

Legends of the ‘Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known’ live on a century later at Mammoth Cave

Michael J. Collins, WKYU

February 13, 2025

The death of a Kentucky cave explorer a century ago is being remembered as a catalyst for the formation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Filed Under: History, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, history, Mammoth Cave, National Parks

The Cumberland Gap is a natural trail across the Appalachians. One little piece just got protected.

Caroline Eggers

October 6, 2023

The Appalachians span 2,000 miles from Alabama to Canada. At the Kentucky and Tennessee border, there is a natural break in the mountains called the Cumberland Gap.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: appalachians, conservation, forests, National Parks, the nature conservancy

At Mammoth Cave, TSU students get up close with caves, critters and under-told Black history

Alexis Marshall

January 5, 2023

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Last semester, over a dozen Tennessee State University students descended more than hundred feet underground, outfitted with knee pads, helmets and headlamps. It was part of a program to get more HBCU students involved in the outdoors.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: HBCU, National Parks, nature, Tennessee State University

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