Tag: Great Smoky Mountains Association

Now accepting applications for 2024 Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency

summertime on Andrews Bald

Great Smoky Mountains Association is now accepting applications for its fourth Steve Kemp Writer’s Residency. The annual residency hosted by GSMA is designed to help writers of any medium connect in meaningful ways with Great Smoky Mountains National Park by providing space for successful applicants to focus on their craft in an inspiring, retreat-like setting. […]

Henry Lix, founder of the park’s natural history association

An image captured in the Smokies by Henry Lix during his tenure as a naturalist in the park. Provided by GSMNP archives.

Seventy years ago, a friendly and generous man with boundless curiosity founded the park partner organization that today is known as Great Smoky Mountains Association. As GSMA celebrates seven decades of educational service and now nearly $50 million in support to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we reflect on this important pioneer and how he […]

Serving the Smokies: Barry Hipps looks back on 35 years of GSMA

Barry Hipps currently works at Oconaluftee Visitor Center as a volunteer at the information desk on Mondays and part-time seasonally in the store.

A lifelong connection to the Smokies is woven into Barry Hipps’ legacy of service. Thirty-five years ago, Hipps sat on the board of directors for Great Smoky Mountains Association, then known as Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association, and later returned to the organization to become a long-time member of GSMA’s retail team. Hipps comes […]

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GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS ASSOCIATION

is a proud partner of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the National Park Service

115 Park Headquarters Rd. Gatlinburg, TN 37738
865.436.7318    mailorder@gsmassoc.org

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