Podcast Episodes

Closure of the Laurel Falls Trail in 2025 for Rehabilitation

Segment 4, December 21st, 2024

The Laurel Forks Trail is closing for the next eighteen months started on January 6, 2025.  Over 300,000 hikers use th…

1 year, 2 months ago

Smoky Bear Celebrates 80 Years

December 14, 2024

A recent fire near the Crowders Mountain State Park remind Bill and about the famed Smoky Bear ad campaign.

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1 year, 3 months ago

Inspire Campfire Thoughts & Growth

Segment 3, December 14th, 2024

Talking to people that are making outdoor things happen is one of the missions of the Carolina Outdoors.  This segment…

1 year, 3 months ago

Ski Beech in Winter

Segment 3, December 7th, 2024

Talia Freeman joined the Carolina Outdoors to talk about Beech Mountain.  The Resort had some roadways washed out and c…

1 year, 3 months ago

Crowders Mountain State Park with Superintendent Glen George

Segment 2, November 30th, 2024

Superintendent Glen George & his team oversee the property of Crowders Mountain State Park.  He’s been the leader sinc…

1 year, 3 months ago

SouthPark Community Partners with President/CEO Adam Rhew

Segment 3, November 30th, 2024

The SouthPark Municipal District was created by the City of Charlotte in 2022.  The goal was to help manage & maintain…

1 year, 3 months ago

Coldwater Fisheries, Hatcheries, & Stockings in North Carolina with Jake Rash

Segment 2, November 16th, 2024

When we last spoke with our next guest, we had a sneak preview of a proposed restoration project involving NC’s most p…

1 year, 4 months ago

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) in Rosman, NC

November 16th, 2024

One of my charges here on the Carolina Outdoors is introducing you, the listener, to gems along the way.  Especially those gems t…

1 year, 4 months ago

Marathons & Open Rocky River Trout Unlimited Meeting

November 16th, 2024
Segment length: 2:30

There are tons of things happening in the Charlotte-area this weekend.

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1 year, 4 months ago

Kilimanjaro Continues to be a Challenge with Macon Dunnagan

Who’s been to the top of Africa the most?  In the Charlotte-area it is Macon Dunnagan.  He started climbing the mountain twenty-two years ago & has d…

1 year, 4 months ago