George Ellison is a writer, naturalist, lecturer, and historian who resides near Bryson City in the mountains of Western North Carolina near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. His natural history columns appear in the Asheville Citizen-Times and the quarterly Chinquapin: The Newsletter of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society. He also writes a regional history column for Smoky Mountain News, published in Waynesville, North Carolina.
George has conducted field trips, natural history workshops, and slide-lecture programs for many North Carolina groups and institutions, including Western Carolina University, the North Carolina Arboretum, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. His wildflower hikes, wildlife workshops, and Southern Appalachian natural history seminars are widely attended.
George and his wife, Elizabeth, share an office in Bryson City, where George writes and Elizabeth paints. Visit George's website at www.georgeellison.com.
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