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Though many of the park’s streams are too high in the watershed to provide the volume of water hellbenders need to thrive, the Smokies, which escaped the worst of the hurricane’s fury ...

While Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosts several robust populations ... as the biggest threat facing the species, followed by water quality degradation, habitat destruction, and direct ...

While Great Smoky Mountains National Park hosts several robust populations of hellbenders ... the USFWS identified sedimentation as the biggest threat facing the species, followed by water quality ...