Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area

This finding aid describes the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) Southest Region Collection, part of the NPS History Collection.

Freshwater mussels filter water and recycle nutrients, yet nearly two-thirds of North American species are at risk. At Big South Fork, photographs help track efforts to rear and return them to rivers.

In fall 2023, eighteen Georgia State University paleontology students worked with the National Park Service to write Fossil Fact Sheets for six parks in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and Virginia — parks known for history or scenery, not fossils, but full of Paleozoic rock.