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Several facilities at Morrow Mountain are closed for extended periods from 2022-2024 due to construction.

Rolling View and Holly Point campsites are open for their normal operating schedule.

Ranger Daniel Tenney at Crowders Mountain State Park received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Outstanding Government Service category for his work as a park ranger and his volunteer duties as firearms instructor for the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.

Carvers Creek State Park is featuring a unique tree for each month's newsletter during the 2022 Year of the Tree! For the October edition, we discuss the sassafras and its role as an early successional in plant communities.

Commissary Ridge dispersed camping area inside Pisgah National Forest closed; please be bear aware when you are at Mount Mitchell State Park and the surrounding area.

Carvers Creek State Park is featuring a unique tree for each month's newsletter during the 2022 Year of the Tree! For the September edition, we try to solve the mystery of the Carvers Creek cypress trees.

Carvers Creek State Park is featuring a unique tree for each month's newsletter during the 2022 Year of the Tree! For the August edition, we discuss the southern magnolia, which is pollinated by beetles.

Carvers Creek State Park is featuring a unique tree for each month's newsletter during the 2022 Year of the Tree! For the July edition, we discuss the black walnut tree that is widespread in North Carolina.

Carvers Creek State Park is featuring a unique tree for each month's newsletter during the 2022 Year of the Tree! For the June edition, we discuss the tulip poplar tree, which is actually a member of the magnolia family!