News

Read some of the latest news from Grandfather Mountain, below. For additional newsfeeds, go to Weather Reports, Donor Spotlights and Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.

For our current catalog of press releases and other materials, see this folder. If you are in need of photos to accompany a story, please email media@grandfather.com with your request.

May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center releases two broad-winged hawks at Grandfather Mountain

May 22, 2021

By Emily Webb, Lees-McRae College Two broad-winged hawks took to the skies over Grandfather Mountain’s MacRae Meadows after a successful release by the Lees-McRae College‘s May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center staff on Friday, May 21. A...

Grandfather Mountain mourns the loss of Gerry the black bear

Jun 23, 2020

Photo by Deborah Anderson On Saturday, June 20, Grandfather Mountain bid farewell to Gerry the black bear. Gerry was humanely euthanized following a long history of debilitating arthritis. She was 31 years old. In the wild, black bears live into their early 20s,...

Audubon, DEQ Sec. Regan, Grandfather Mountain officials talk climate threats in WNC

Nov 14, 2019

Dozens of nature lovers and bird advocates braved the wintry weather Wednesday to hear officials from Audubon North Carolina and Grandfather Mountain talk with N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael S. Regan about the climate challenges facing...