Tricky tree trimming by Great Onyx Job Corps students
Urban forestry students from Great Onyx Job Corps have been in the park the last few weeks trimming or removing hazardous trees. Their training has been most helpful in working around buildings and along the proposed route for Big Hollow Trail.
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Mammoth Cave was designated as a World Heritage Site for its natural wonders alone, but for more than 4,000 years human beings have been so intently fascinated with its mysteries that they've infused the Cave with an almost human spirit - a spirit echoed in art, in stories... and in song.
Orange, yellow, red, fuschia and burgundy colors abound in the park this week as Mammoth Cave National Park slips into autumn. Best drives to view colors in the park are along the Mammoth Cave Parkway, Brownsville Road, and Green River Ferry Road.
The Register Room, in Gothic Avenue in Mammoth Cave, is a place where 19th-Century cave visitors paused to leave a memento of their visit in the form of names or initials smoked onto the smooth limestone ceiling with a candle on a long stick provided by their Guide. The names and dates form a remarkable historical record revealing that Mammoth Cave has drawn visitors from around the nation and across the seas.