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Safe Passage Press
Outlet | Date | Title | Author | Quoted |
Berea College Magazine | 12/13/22 | Looking Back Down the Road | Frances Figart | - |
Asheville Citizen Times | 11/29/22 | NCDOT Reviewing Wildlife Crash Data | Christian Smith | Jeff Hunter Liz Hillard |
PBS NC | 11/29/22 | How US-40 Is Tackling Roadkill | PBS NC | Wanda Davis, Division Engineer, NCDOT Jeff Hunter Liz Hillard |
Asheville Citizen Times | 11/26/22 | Word from the Smokies: Bears sometimes cross roads to get our garbage | Frances Figart | Colleen Olfenbuttel, Biologist, NC Wildlife Resources Commission. Sharon Mammoser, Smokies photographer. |
Asheville Citizen Times | 11/25/22 | NCDOT reviewing wildlife crash data on I-26 after Asheville woman's collision, petition | Christian Smith | Jeff Hunter Liz Hillard |
Smoky Mountain News | 11/23/22 | Word from the Smokies: Smokies Life celebrates trees and their stories | Frances Figart | Steve Kemp, Smokies Life Publisher. |
Asheville Citizen Times | 11/15/22 | After hitting bear on I-26, Asheville woman petitions for wildlife passages | Christian Smith | Liz Hillard Jeff Hunter |
The Appalachian Voice | 08/23/22 | Safe Passage: The I-40 Pigeon River Gorge Wildlife Crossing Project | Frances Figart | Don Barger Hugh Irwin Steve Goodman Tara Anderson Jeff Hunter |
WATE | 08/22/22 | New research calls for wildlife passages along I-40 in the Smokies | Lexi Spivak | Jeff Hunter |
Asheville Citizen Times | 08/06/22 | Word from the Smokies: Safe Passage facilitator Jeff Hunter named Conservationist of Year | Frances Figart | Jeff Hunter Don Barger Hugh Irwin Tara Anderson |
Blue Ridge Public Radio | 07/28/22 | With illustrated book, Smokies partners lobby elementary schoolers in the effort to stem animal road deaths | Matt Peiken | Frances Figart Jeff Hunter |
The Mountaineer | 07/03/22 | Blueprint unveiled for preventing wildlife traffic collisions through I-40 gorge | Becky Johnson | Liz Hillard Jeff Hunter Kyle Groetzinger, NPCA |
Asheville Citizen Times | 06/11/22 | Word from the Smokies: Stage is set for wildlife enhancements on I-40 | Frances Figart | Jeff Hunter |
WBIR | 05/24/22 | One man’s trash is another man’s treasure | Katelynn Keenehan | Bill Stiver, Supervisory Biologist, NPS Kristen Botzet, NPS |
Carolina Public Press | 05/22/22 | Elk and other large species in NC mountains constrained by changing habitats, human activity (Note: Doesn’t mention Safe Passage project by name) | Jack Igelman | Liz Hillard Nikki Robinson |
Smoky Mountain News | 05/11/22 | GSMA projects pull in awards | SMN Staff | - |
Asheville Citizen Times | 03/05/22 | Word from the Smokies: TEDx Asheville speaker champions Safe Passage project for wildlife | Frances Figart | Nikki Robinson |
Erwin Record | 02/01/22 | Fates lend a hand: Asheville band featured in music video filmed in Flag Pong to promote wildlife crossings | Bryan Stevens | Lexi McGraw, pianist Joe Lamirand, percussion, production, engineering |
The Mountaineer | 01/25/22 | Music video highlights need for wildlife passage under and over I-40 | | Lexi McGraw, pianist Joe Lamirand, percussion, production, engineering |
Smoky Mountain Living Vol. 22, Issue 1 (no link available as of 2/3/22) | 01/06/22 | A Conversation With the Smokies’ Wildlife Crossing Guard | Holy Kays | Jeff Hunter |
Smokies LIVE | 12/31/21 | The Fates lend their voices to new music video benefiting Safe Passage Project | Frances Figart | Bella Wells-Fried, violinist Lexi McGraw, pianist |