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ADDS NAME OF PARK SUPERINTENDENT - This Wednesday, May 6, 2020 image from a tweet by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, the Interior Secretary talks with Cassius Cash, the park superintendent, as he visits National Parks Service employees at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While the Interior Secretary asked visitors to social distance when the park reopens on May 9, neither Bernhardt nor park staff wore face masks in the photos, as they talked and walked inches apart during his visit on Tuesday, May 5. (National Parks Service via AP)

Park: Crowds stayed manageable during reopening of Smokies

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ADDS NAME OF PARK SUPERINTENDENT - This Wednesday, May 6, 2020 image from a tweet by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, the Interior Secretary talks with Cassius Cash, the park superintendent, as he visits National Parks Service employees at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While the Interior Secretary asked visitors to social distance when the park reopens on May 9, neither Bernhardt nor park staff wore face masks in the photos, as they talked and walked inches apart during his visit on Tuesday, May 5. (National Parks Service via AP)

Visitors flock to Smoky Mountains park on reopening day

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FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019 file photo a couple of hikers take a moment to take a selfie at the water side of the Y in the Great Smoky Mountains National Parks. Three of America's most well-known national parks, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Great Smoky Mountains, closed their gates Tuesday, March 24, 2020, as people shut in because of the coronavirus lost more options for recreation. (Joy Kimbrough/The Daily Times via AP,File)

Smoky Mountains National Park to reopen over weekend

By REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Florida woman survives 40-feet fall at Great Smoky Mountains

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