Sunny Montgomery is a writer and editor for Chatter Magazine and Get Out Chattanooga. In 2018, she won third place in the Green Eyeshade Awards for her story covering autism in the outdoors. In addition to her magazine work, Sunny works on various digital products, and helped create and launch the popular newsletters Chattanooga Outdoor News and Good Day, Chattanooga! She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, a certified Tennessee State Naturalist and an avid outdoorsperson. She moved to Chattanooga from central Kentucky in 2013, and most recently traded her suburban home for a small cabin, which she built with her partner, at the edge of Cherokee National Forest.
Tennessee has a new license plate design - the first total revamp since 2006.
by Sunny MontgomerySusan Vandergriff had never seen a bluer bird than the one that appeared in her backyard on Easter Sunday.
by Sunny MontgomeryThe Southern Appalachian Paddlesports Museum encompasses only about 500 square feet within Black Dome Mountain Sports, an outdoor outfitter in Asheville, North Carolina.
by Sunny MontgomeryErich Bell was a bear-sized man, who gave hugs that matched his stature.
by Sunny MontgomeryRandy McRentals sports a mullet, hard hat and polarized Pit Viper sunglasses. And he is recognized by some locals as the guy who once Rollerbladed along the riverfront, using a leaf blower to rocket himself forward.
by Sunny MontgomeryEliot Berz remembers once watching a bobcat stalk two turkeys along a dry creek bed in Marion County.
by Sunny MontgomeryCooper is into sports. Lucy loves to cook. And Caroline is all about art.
by Sunny MontgomeryAfter 25 years of work, the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway is complete, stretching 12 miles from Camp Jordan to the Tennessee Riverwalk.
by Emily Crisman and Sunny MontgomeryMason and Julius recently celebrated their 10th anniversary — a day like any other as far they were concerned. They woke up, foraged for breakfast together and then began to sing, each with a unique series of melodic barks and screams.
by Sunny MontgomeryOur homes are our sanctuaries - and, these days, they are often our offices, our classrooms and our gyms, too.
by Sunny MontgomeryWhen Marina Peshterianu moved from Ukraine to Chattanooga in 1993, she remembers being asked about her accent everywhere she went.
by Sunny MontgomeryYou've got your tree. You've got your events and your shopping list. You've also got a few questions.
by Sunny MontgomeryThose interested in caving need not travel far from Chattanooga.
by Sunny MontgomeryEvery winter solstice, Chad Wamack and a dozen or so of his running buddies meet at the Art Loeb Trail near Brevard, North Carolina.
by Sunny MontgomeryI am a fledgling birder, and having only recently started my "life list," I'm always adding new species.
by Sunny MontgomeryJaime Lynn Barks grew up in the mountains of Western North Carolina, 30 minutes from the nearest Walmart.
by Sunny MontgomeryIn late August, Netflix released "The River Runner," creating much stoke within the paddling community.
by Sunny MontgomeryFeaturing coconut, ginger, cumin and coriander, this stove-top dish is both fresh and robust.
by Sunny MontgomeryThe only thing more fun than being outdoors? Shopping for outdoor gear. All the better when that gear helps give back to the places we love so much.
by Emily Crisman, Sunny Montgomery and Jo KibbleElea Xylem begins each day at her vanity, made from a repurposed church alter, affixed with a lighted mirror.
by Sunny Montgomery