The update details the park's "string of pearls" model linking anchor properties along 100–140 miles of the Clinch across Tazewell, Russell, Wise and Scott counties, with ranger-led kayak tours running late April through mid-August and four river access points open — including The Retch near Fort Blackmore

The regional travel magazine's three-day itinerary through the Breaks, Grundy, and elk country — noting the park's elk-viewing tours run Fridays and Saturdays in spring and fall, and that Virginia's herds now number about 250.

Virginia Living rode along on a Breaks Interstate Park tour through the Virginia Elk Restoration Zone — three-hour trips with a 100 percent success rate since 2012, calling the herd's return one of Appalachia's greatest conservation stories.