Bankhead National Forest

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"My Favorite Museum Exhibit": Butterflies eating a piranha
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In fact, you can watch a real-life example (with a less-threatening fish substituted in for the piranha) in a video taken in Alabama's Bankhead National Forest. The good news: The butterflies are not really carnivorous, per se.

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PARA calendar
Tuscaloosa News
11, at Bankhead National Forest. Instructor is Mark Harrison. Cost is $35. Indoor Community Garage Sale: 7 am-1 pm Feb. 18 at Miller Center and March 9 at the McAbee Center. Fee is $20 for vendor booth. Free admission for shoppers.

Day Planner
Times Daily
Winter Hike, led by Charles Rose, today, Parker Branch Falls, Bankhead National Forest's Sipsey Wilderness. Four-mile, fun hike. Free. Limited group size. Registration required. Registration/details: charles@freshairfamily.org or 256-366-1937.

Hiker released from hosptial
The Decatur Daily
A woman who spent a chilly night in Bankhead National Forest after getting lost during a hike was released Wednesday after spending two nights at Huntsville Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. Merilyn Dabbs, 72, of Huntsville suffered dehydration ...

Woman Found Alive In Bankhead Forest; Flown For Treatment
WHNT
Rescue crews have found a 70-year-old woman who had been missing in the Bankhead National Forest in Lawrence County. She is alive, and was flown to Huntsville Hospital for observation. Merilyn Dabbs was found around 10:45 am Monday. ...
Searchers find lost hiker in national forestGadsden Times
Search continues for woman lost in BankheadMoulton Advertiser
Searchers find lost hikerThe Decatur Daily

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Searchers find lost hiker in national forest
Gadsden Times
AP Authorities say a 72-year-old woman who got lost while hiking was recovering at Huntsville Hospital after spending a chilly night without food or water in Bankhead National Forest. A hospital spokeswoman tells The Decatur Daily ...
Woman Found Alive In Bankhead Forest; Flown For TreatmentWHNT
Officials search for woman, 70, lost while hiking in BankheadThe Decatur Daily
Search continues for woman lost in BankheadMoulton Advertiser

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Woman Still Missing In Bankhead National Forest
WHNT
Rescue crews are searching the Bankhead National Forest in Lawrence County for a missing hiker. The woman is 70 years old and has been missing since Sunday afternoon. Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell says the woman went on a hike with her husband.
Searchers find lost hiker in national forestGadsden Times
Officials search for woman, 70, lost while hiking in BankheadThe Decatur Daily
Search continues for woman lost in BankheadMoulton Advertiser

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Officials search for woman, 70, lost while hiking in Bankhead
The Decatur Daily
By Seth Burkett Authorities continued to search in the cold, nighttime hours Sunday for a 70-year-old woman who got lost during a hike in Bankhead National Forest. Lawrence County 911 dispatchers said sheriff's deputies and the county rescue squad had ...