Earthquake in Tennessee!
Believe it or not, and many residents and visitors did not believe it, there was an earthquake on Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day! The trusty security cams captured the…
Believe it or not, and many residents and visitors did not believe it, there was an earthquake on Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day! The trusty security cams captured the…
The work on Enclosures #3 and 4 continues, although we probably will not use them for quite a while. The curators are working to complete the new platforms. Curators Seth,…
It rained today, but luckily the curators did their work in Enclosure 4 before the rain. The rain and warm weather is good for some critters, like this Eastern Narrow-mouthed…
Enclosures #1 and #2 are just about finished. All the curators have worked hard. After learning the finer points of weaving hammocks, using just the Kevlar firehose skin, they have…
Happy May Day! For our curators the day meant more work on the platforms. Curators Katrina and Seth have become skilled at weaving firehose hammocks. These are smaller and lighter,…
ABR curators are steadily working through their long “To Do” list, as they continue to work on Enclosures #3 and #4. Curator Katrina seals the posts and horizontal supports for…
Lightning struck at the ABR facility and hit the well pump. A local company, Lambert Pump Service in Greenback,TN,came and pulled the pump out, replacing it with a new one.…
Easter always makes us remember ABR bear #134, nicknamed Easter Bear for the fact that she was rescued on Easter weekend, back in 2011. She weighed just 3.5 pounds and…
Today we have a group of pictures taken away from the facility, at the Trillium Cove Education and Visitor Center. The gutter was damaged last year by a windstorm, or…
The curators have moved on to Wild Enclosure #3, and will do the same things they did previously in #1 and #2. Curator Seth dismantles the firehose hammock in Enclosure…