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September 1-30

Support Our Wildlife Ambassadors

ROAN MOUNTAIN STATE PARK

All Month

Price:

• $10.00 / Feeds one bird a day
• $20.00 / Feeds two birds a day
• $30.00 / Feeds three birds a day
• $40.00 / Feeds four birds a day
• $50.00 / Feeds five birds a day

At Roan Mountain we house, care for, and educate the public on a variety of native animals. We work under an educational permit from TWRA. Currently, we care for three birds of prey and several snakes! As you can imagine, caring for these animals is costly, as their food and health care is a specialty!

All of our animals are non-releasable for a variety of reasons. We frequently program with these animals and never charge for educational programs when using them. Here is your opportunity to support our educational wildlife program and help us care for these animals! 

All donations will go to purchase food, pay vet bills, purchase gloves, tethers, falconry equipment, aquarium bedding, and to improve and build more housing facilities for our non-releasable birds of prey.

To donate click the green “Register for Event” button at the right. Your donation is a one-time payment. If you wish to cover more than one day, update the “quantity” you wish to donate, or simply come back to this page in future months. 

Thank you for supporting our Wildlife Ambassadors at Roan Mountain State Park!

 

September 28

Peg Leg Mine Geoventure – 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Meet at the Visitor Center Porch. Price is $10 and you can register for the event. Join Park Ranger Phil Hylen at the Roan Mountain State Park Visitor Center porch to take part in a unique iron mining history and geology tour of the Peg Leg Mine. Located on the edge of the Cranberry iron ore vein, the Peg Leg Mine offers participants a 1.2-mile hike through Southern Appalachian Cove forest to see how iron mining in the mountains was conducted at the turn of the 20th century. While exploring, participants will take on the role of iron miners in the late 1800s, test iron deposits for quality, and open your very own iron ore and geodes. This guided experience is limited to 20 participants with a ticket fee of $10 per person. This program will begin and end at the Visitor Center Porch. Be sure to dress for the weather and bring a camera!

The hike portion of this program will take part on a moderate 0.6-mile portion of the moderate-difficulty Peg Leg Mine Loop Trail. The tread is natural terrain with a steady 7-10% grade incline. The Peg Leg Iron Mine has wooden stairs leading down to the old entrance of the mineshaft and surface mine areas. For more information about if this hike is for you, please check out the Essential Eligibility Criteria link on the event page.

Wild Edibles – Forages of Fall – 2 p.m. Price is $5/ages 12 and under, $10/person and you can register for the event. Meet at park headquarters prior to going to the program area. Join Ranger Holland as we create and sample a small selection of food and drinks made from wild edibles and other ingredients! This program will be an interactive learning experience, allowing participants to use their culinary creativity while combining wild and escaped cultivated ingredients commonly found along backpacking trails and woodlands in the fall.

September 29

Tomahawk Toss – 2 p.m. Price is $5 and you can register for the event. Learn to throw a tomahawk!. Join Ranger Holland as we have fun learning a popular frontier pastime. Tomahawks provided. No previous tomahawk-throwing experience is required to enjoy this fun program. Meet at Shed #3.