Shenandoah News

Park rangers in the Shenandoah National Park are searching for a Staunton man missing since Monday. Earl Funk, 50, was last seen near the Cedar Mountain area early Monday afternoon, park officials said.

Shenandoah National Park will host the National Parks America Tour on Saturday, September 27 in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Almost 200 volunteers are expected to assist park staff in restoring Big Meadows and removing invasive vegetation. Activities will include an informative talk about exotic plants followed by a hands-on activity in Big Meadows.

Gypsy moths affected more than 11,000 acres of Shenandoah National Park this year, according to a state agency. The gypsy moth is an insect that eats the leaves off of trees. Stripping a tree of its leaves is known as defoliation. Shenandoah National Park has been battling the gypsy moth, but the species has affected 11,570 acres of the park this year, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry.

Allen Johnson is a real inspiration to those of us who are cancer survivors, and also those who refuse to spend the retirement years in a rocking chair. At age 73 Johnson has just completed a 469-mile solo bicycle ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a scenic highway which connects Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.

Austin, Texas - Greta Miller, Executive Director of the Shenandoah National Park Association announced today the launch of a new interpretive tool, the GPS Ranger™, for visitors at Shenandoah National Park. Visitors to the park can experience the Blue Ridge Mountains and learn more about the park’s unique history, land, plants, and animals with the assistance of the multimedia GPS Ranger™ tour guide system. Informative and educational ranger-narrated videos automatically play as guests hike.