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Events for the Smokies are posted on www.dlia.org
by Discover Life in America, Inc., an independent organization from Discover Life.

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Upcoming events

  • Discover Life workshop

    • 26-29 July, 2009 -- Elmira College, New York
      Working together to teach and study nature. A focus will be on how to build a continental-scale network of scientists, teachers, students, and volunteers to monitor the impact of climate change on plant-pollinator interactions.
      This workshop is held in conjunction with GISIN3.

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Prior Events

  • Bee Hunt! -- Breakfast Meeting

    • 22 June, 2009 -- Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia
      Meeting for local educators to discuss and plan a new pollinator monitoring project to be launched next April for Earth Day.
      RSVP to Nancy at nancy@discoverlife.org -- 404-272-4526
      Handout • Participants • Directions • Flier • Email follow-up

  • Nature Hunt!

    • 14 June, 2009 -- 275 Blue Heron Drive, Athens, Georgia
      Pix at Pick's: Plants, Pollinators, and Paparazzi
      Join the staff and friends of Discover Life for an afternoon of plant and pollinator photography on Pick's property.
      2pm - 6pm Wander around and enjoy the land, take pix, go canoeing...
      6pm - ? Dinner and fiesta

  • People's Online Plant Atlas

    • 11 February, 2009 -- 7:00PM, Atlanta, Georgia.
      Dinner meeting hosted by Nancy Lowe, nllowe@emory.edu, 404-272-4526

  • People's Online Plant Atlas

    • 24 January, 2009 -- 2:00PM at the Dunwoody Nature Center; 4:00PM nature walk.
      Hosted By Claire Hayes. See details.

  • The Goldenrod Challenge

    • 19 October, 2008 -- 2:00PM Sunday fieldtrip at Bird Habitat #7 and 5:00PM Pot Luck Dinner at Nature Garden, Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia -- Sponsored by GA coalition for No Child Left Inside
      • For pot luck, bring food to share with ten people, BYO drinks, plates, silver, napkins (non disposable items appreciated!!!)
      Contact Joe Carley (dl@discoverlife.org or 706-542-6676) Nancy Lowe (buddhasmicroscope@gmail.com or 404-272-4526) or John Pickering (pick@discoverlife.org or 706-542-1115) for details. All welcome. Bring camera.

    • 4 October, 2008 -- 10:00AM Saturday fieldtrip to State Botanical Garden, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia
      Contact Joe Carley (dl@discoverlife.org or 706-542-6676) or John Pickering (pick@discoverlife.org or 706-542-1115) for details. All welcome. Bring camera.

    • 20 September, 2008 -- 10:00AM Saturday fieldtrip to State Botanical Garden, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia
      Contact Joe Carley (dl@discoverlife.org or 706-542-6676) or John Pickering (pick@discoverlife.org or 706-542-1115) for details. All welcome. Bring camera.

  • Discover Life workshop -- A Gathering of Naturalists: ideas, field sampling, photography, and computers
    Elmira College, N.Y.
    9-12 August, 2008

  • Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) workshop
    University of Georgia, Athens
    2-5 June, 2008

  • Discover Life and help manage our National Parks via citizen science
    National Park Service, Regional Office, Omaha, Nebraska
    11-12 May, 2006

  • How to discover life and involve students and the public in the process
    Building on thoughts from a small retreat
    Athens, Georgia
    11-12 March, 2006

  • BioBlitz in Central Park
    Central Park, N.Y.
    Organized by Explorer's Club, Wilson's Life Project

  • How to study & monitor life on Earth
    Monday & Tuesday, February 21-22, 2005
    Washington, D.C.
    Organized by NBII, Smithsonian Institution, & Discover Life

  • Nature Days
    Starting May, 2002

  • "Bat Blitz" Bio-Quest
    Monday, June 17 - Friday, June 21
    Volunteers and the public will not be involved directly in this work, but will be invited to bat awareness education programs. Get in touch with Jackie Belwood, ohiobats@aol.com.

  • Fern Foray II
    Saturday, June 22
    Meeting place TBA

  • "Protista Pursuit" Bio-Quest
    Thursday, June 27 - Sunday, June 30
    Sugarlands Training Room
    (This venture will survey not only protozoans and algae, but also other life forms collected along the way, such as tardigrades.)

  • Fern Foray III
    Saturday, July 13
    Meeting place TBA

  • "Snail Search" Bio-Quest
    Saturday, July 20 - Sunday, July 21
    Sugarlands Training Room

  • Fern Foray IV
    Saturday, July 27
    Meeting place TBA

  • Bloomquist Biological Foray
    Friday, October 4 - Sunday, October 6
    Purchase Knob
    Contact Ken McFarlan at the University of Tennessee, 865-974-2256.

  • DLIA/ATBI Annual Conference
    Wednesday, December 4 - Saturday, December 7
    Glenstone Lodge, Gatlinburg, TN.
    Photo workshop Wed., general sessions Thurs. and Fri., and Board meeting Sat. am

  • Sunday, June 9 - Thursday, June 13
    A variety of activites centered around the June 10 - 11 "Lepidoptera Quest". Scientists please contact Dave Wagner, dwanger@unconnvm.uconn.edu, Brian Scholtens, scholtensb@cofc.edu, or Tom Rogers, trogers@rollinscorp.com , to participate in the collecting and sorting. There will be volunteer training on June 9 and programs for students and teachers on June 12 - 13.

  • Fern Foray I
    Saturday, June 8, 2002
    Meeting place TBA
    (The Fern Forays, coordinated by Dr. Patricia Cox at the University of Tennessee, involve trail hikes with sampling points to identify ferns. Pat provides at least one "real botanist" with each group of volunteers, so don't hesitate to join the fun.)

  • Volunteer Orientation II
    Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, May 19
    Purchase Knob, NC
    Optional field/lab activities on Sunday

  • Volunteer Orientation I
    Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, March 24
    Sugarlands Training Room
    Optional field/lab activities on Sunday.

  • "Millipede March" Bio-Quest
    Saturday evening, March 23
    Meet Sugarlands Training Room

  • Discover Life in America Strategic Meeting
    Friday, March 8- Saturday, March 9
    Agenda

  • Nature Days in Georgia
    Planning Meeting
    Date: February 2, 2002
    Time: 9:30 - 1:30pm
    Place: Ecology Conference Room (glass Room 117), Ecology Building,
    University of Georgia, Athens
    Overview
    Directions to Athens, to University of Georgia, to Institute of Ecology
    For more information, contact John Pickering.

  • All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Annual Meeting
    November 28 - December 1, 2001, Gatlinburg, TN.
    Overview & details
    Agenda & Photos
    E-mail Jeanie Hilten (jeanie@discoverlife.org) for more information.

  • Smart, Wired & Alive -- a planning conference to improve K-16 curricula and involve student and citizen scientists in discovery research to better understand and manage our planet
    October 28-30, 2001, Athens, GA
    Overview & agenda
    Registration & hotel information on-line registration & info about venue

  • Beetle Blitz
    June 28-July 1, 2001, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC/TN
    Click here for photos.

  • Discover Life in America, Board of Directors' meeting
    18 May, 2001, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC/TN

  • Benefit Concert
    May 2, 2001, Athens, Georgia
    Program includes Drivin' 'N Cryin', Caroline Aikin, Breathlanes & Calliope Fair See details.

  • Discoverlife Day
    April 16, 2001, Oconee National Forest, GA
    Clarke County high school students and others took photographs as part of an experiment to study fire and better manage the forest.
    Please link to here & here for details.

  • Volunteer Training Day -- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory
    10 March, 2001
    The event was held in the morning at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont with field sessions in the afternoon at Twin Creeks.
    Please see details and contact Jeanie if you would like to volunteer.

  • Forum on Science, Policy & Management of Fire in Eastern Forests
    29 January, 2001, Athens, GA
    Overview & details

  • Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) workshop
    1-4 February, 2001
    Click here for photos

  • Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
    19-20 December, 2000

  • Annual Meeting of Discover Life
    19-20 December, 2000
    Click here for tentative agenda or minutes.

  • CNN story - Moth, butterfly hunt in Smokies finds more than 700 species
    31 August, 2000

  • Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
    5 May, 2000

  • 8-10 December, 1999, Gatlinburg, TN
    General Evaluation & Planning Meeting of Discover Life in America
    Click here for minutes and TWIG reports.
    Click here for participants .

  • 10 December, 1999, Gatlinburg, TN
    Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America

  • 11 December, 1999, Gatlinburg, TN, and possibly Athens, GA, in conjunction with the Entomology Collections Network.
    Taxonomy Meetings of Discover Life in America

  • 15 May, 1999
    Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
    Click here for agenda or minutes.

  • 24 April, 1999, 9:00 a.m., Twin Creeks Picnic Pavilion off Cherokee Orchard Rd.
    Volunteer Orientation Day of Discover Life in America

  • 8-10 April, 1999, Algal Nature Quest
    Contact Jody Flemming <jody@discoverlife.org>, or Rex Lowe <lowe@OPIE.BGSU.EDU> for more information.

  • 18 February, 1999, Conference Call
    Executive Committee conference call of Discover Life in America. See minutes.

  • 18 December, 1998, Knoxville, TN
    Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
    The meeting was hosted by Frank Harris, University of Tennessee. Click here for agenda, venue, directions, and background information and here for minutes.

  • 14-17 December, 1998, Gatlinburg, TN
    General Planning Meeting of Discover Life in America
    to design and coordinate the ATBI and our educational activities before our pilot field season starts in March, 1999. For more information see letter of invitation, agenda, participant list, group and project reports , travel & lodging, and weather in Gatlinburg. There will be an executive report placed on the web shortly.

  • 25 September, 1998, Knoxville, TN
    Executive Committee meeting of Discover Life in America's Board of Directors. The meeting was hosted by Frank Harris, University of Tennessee.

  • 24 July, 1998, Sevierville, TN,
    Executive Committee meeting of Discover Life in America's Board of Directors. The meeting will start at 10:00AM at the office of the Friends of GSMNP. See directions, agenda, and minutes.

  • 22 May, 1998, Cullowhee, NC
    Study Design Team -- First planning meeting

  • 22 May, 1998, Cullowhee, NC
    Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
    Participants and minutes.

  • 21 April, Gatlinburg, TN
    Meeting and ceremony to start ATBI

  • 22-23 April, 1998. Reston, Virginia
    Database Planning Workshop
    Participants and report.

  • 17 February, Washington, DC
    Briefing of Federal Agencies and other Potential Partners

  • 12 February, Athens, Georgia
    "Athens-Clarke County, Discover Life in America"
    Organizational meeting to develop action plan

  • 3-4 February, GSMNP
    Business Planning Workshop

  • 28 January, Athens, Georgia
    "Athens-Clarke County, Discover Life in America"
    Organizational meeting to develop partnership between GSMNP and Athens-Clarke County, Georgia.

  • 12-15 January, Area de Conservacion de Guanacaste, Costa Rica
    Draft White Paper, Develop links between ACG and GSMNP

  • 18-19 December, 1997, Gatlinburg, TN
    ATBI Planning Workshop
    GSMNP hosted a workshop to develop an action plan for Discover Life in America and the proposed ATBI. See the overview of the program that we envision, agenda, participant list, and travel & lodging.
Updated: 30 June, 2009
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