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Prior Events
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4-6 May, 2012
Spring Naturalists Rally
Discover Life: Public participation in Natural History Surveys
Roan Mountain, Tennessee
- Friday, 4 May, 7:00PM
Featured speaker: John Pickering
Presentation
- Friday, 4 May, 9:00PM - late
Moth Party
Organizers: Larry McDaniel and John Pickering
- Saturday, 5 May, 2:30-5:00PM
Documenting Nature -- Photography Workshop and Nature Walk
Organizers: Larry McDaniel and John Pickering
- Saturday, 5 May, 9:00PM - late
Moth Party
Organizers: Larry McDaniel and John Pickering
Contact: Jennifer Bauer -- email: highlandlady53@embarqmail.com --
Brochure
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20-22 April, 2012
Spring Natural History Survey, a 24-hour multi-site, multi-state event
Overview: Teachers, students and the general public will help scientists
survey study sites. Participants will use digital cameras and standard research
protocols to collect high-quality data. All welcome. See details.
Organizers: Discover Life, Encyclopedia of Life, and Nature Research Center.
Contact: Nancy Lowe and other organizers.
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21-22 April, 2012
Geology/ Geography Building Room 321, UGA, Athens, Georgia
Improving Teacher Quality Workshop
Overview:
This workshop for Georgia k-12 teachers will continue training educators in the use of
Discover Life protocols, and help them design standards-based lesson plans.
Presenters: Bob Hill, John Pickering, Nancy Lowe, Tommy Jordan, Sean Beeching, Wayd Walker
Contact: Bob Hill at bobhill@uga.edu or Wayd Walker at waydwalker@yahoo.com.
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14 April, 2012, 8:00pm-9:00PM
Moth Party and Invitation to Georgia Natural History Survey
Unicoi State Park, Helen, Georgia
Presenters: Nancy Lowe and John Pickering
Contact: Jessica.James@dnr.state.ga.us
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7 April, 2012, 8:30PM-9:30PM
Moth Party
Hard Labor Creek State Park, Rutledge, GA
Presenters: Nancy Lowe and John Pickering
Contact: Phil.Delestrez@dnr.state.ga.us
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30 March, 2012, 2:15PM - 3:30PM
Invitation to Georgia Natural History Survey
EEA of Georgia Annual Conference
Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Presenters: Nancy Lowe and John Pickering
Contact: nancy@discoverlife.org
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24 March, 2012, 7:30PM-9:30PM
Moth Party and Invitation to Georgia Natural History Survey
Panola Mountain State Park, Stockbridge, GA
Presenters: Nancy Lowe and John Pickering
Contact: Phil.Delestrez@dnr.state.ga.us
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23 March, 2012, 7:30PM-9:30PM
Moth Party and Invitation to Georgia Natural History Survey
Sweetwater Creek State Park, Lithia Springs, GA
Presenters: Nancy Lowe and John Pickering
Contact: Phil.Delestrez@dnr.state.ga.us
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28-29 January, 2012
Improving Teacher Quality Workshop, sustained contact
University of Georgia, Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Laboratory
Instructors: John Pickering, Nancy Lowe, Bob Hill, Sean Beeching, Tommy Jordan
Contact: Wayd Walker -- email: waydwalker@yahoo.com
Schedule of Events
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26 January, 2012, 7:00-9:00PM
Discover Life and the Georgia Natural History Survey
Fernbank Science Center, Classrooms 1 and 2
156 Heaton Park Drive,
Atlanta, GA 30307
Presenter: John Pickering
presentation
Contact: Al Tate -- email: al_tate@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us
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2 December, 2011, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Discover Life Workshop for Science Teachers
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Presenters: John Pickering and Nancy Lowe
presentation
Contact: Michael Dias -- email: mdias@kennesaw.edu
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29 November, 2011, 6:00-8:00PM
Discover Life -- working together to teach science, monitor species,
answer ecological questions, and enjoy nature.
Science Connections Lecture, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Speaker: John Pickering
Abstract and
presentation
Contact: Miranda Wood -- email: Miranda.Wood@ncdenr.gov
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9 November, 2011, 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Discover Life workshop for Master Naturalists
Chattahoochee Nature Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Tom Howick -- email: t.howick@chattnaturecenter.org
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6 November, 2011
Macro Photography -- 12:30-1:30PM -- John Pickering
4th Biennial Nantucket Biodiversity Research Conference
UMASS Nantucket Field Station, Massachusetts
Contact: Sarah Oktay -- email: sarah.oktay@umb.edu
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5 November, 2011, 10:30-11:30AM
Launch of the Kentucky Natural History Survey
Kentucky Academy of Science's
meeting
Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
Presenter: Albert Meier
Presentation
Contact: Albert Meier -- email: albert.meier@wku.edu
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5 November, 2011
Discover Life -- working together to monitor species,
answer ecological questions, teach science, and enjoy nature.
4th Biennial Nantucket Biodiversity Research Conference
The Coffin School, 4 Winter Street Nantucket, Massachusetts
Keynote Speaker: John Pickering
Abstract and
presentation
Contact: Sarah Oktay -- email: sarah.oktay@umb.edu
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4 November, 2011
Nature Journaling -- 1:00-3:00PM -- Nancy Lowe
Macro Photography -- 3:00-5:00PM -- John Pickering
4th Biennial Nantucket Biodiversity Research Conference
UMASS Nantucket Field Station, Massachusetts
Contact: Sarah Oktay -- email: sarah.oktay@umb.edu
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Discover Life: The Next Billion Hits
- 7-9 October, 2011 -- Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens
- Launch of the Georgia Natural History Survey --
a consortium to improve science education; understand factors affecting species and
their interactions, and better manage our gardens, farms, forests and natural resources.
- Report
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ESA SEEDS Bioblitz
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April 23, 2011 -- State Botanical Garden, Athens, GA
As part of the National Coordinated Bioblitz, University of Georgia students will use Discover Life protocols
to collect data on spring phenology. UGA is one of ten participating campuses around the country and in Puerto Rico.
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Discover Life workshop
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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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Bee Hunt! -- Breakfast Meeting
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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
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Nature Hunt!
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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
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People's Online Plant Atlas
- 11 February, 2009 -- 7:00PM, Atlanta, Georgia.
Dinner meeting hosted by Nancy Lowe, nllowe@emory.edu, 404-272-4526
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People's Online Plant Atlas
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24 January, 2009 -- 2:00PM at the Dunwoody Nature Center; 4:00PM nature walk.
Hosted By Claire Hayes. See details.
- The Goldenrod Challenge
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Discover Life workshop --
A Gathering of Naturalists: ideas, field sampling, photography, and computers
Elmira College, N.Y.
9-12 August, 2008
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Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) workshop
University of Georgia, Athens
2-5 June, 2008
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Discover Life and help manage our National Parks via citizen science
National Park Service, Regional Office, Omaha, Nebraska
11-12 May, 2006
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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
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BioBlitz in Central Park
Central Park, N.Y.
Organized by Explorer's Club, Wilson's Life Project
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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.
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Fern Foray II
Saturday, June 22
Meeting place TBA
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"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.)
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Fern Foray III
Saturday, July 13
Meeting place TBA
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"Snail Search" Bio-Quest
Saturday, July 20 - Sunday, July 21
Sugarlands Training Room
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Fern Foray IV
Saturday, July 27
Meeting place TBA
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Bloomquist Biological Foray
Friday, October 4 - Sunday, October 6
Purchase Knob
Contact Ken McFarlan at the University of Tennessee, 865-974-2256.
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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
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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.
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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.)
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Volunteer Orientation II
Saturday, May 18 - Sunday, May 19
Purchase Knob, NC
Optional field/lab activities on Sunday
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Volunteer Orientation I
Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, March 24
Sugarlands Training Room
Optional field/lab activities on Sunday.
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"Millipede March" Bio-Quest
Saturday evening, March 23
Meet Sugarlands Training Room
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Discover Life in America Strategic Meeting
Friday, March 8- Saturday, March 9
Agenda
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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.
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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.
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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
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Beetle Blitz
June 28-July 1, 2001, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC/TN
Click here for photos.
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Discover Life in America, Board of Directors' meeting
18 May, 2001, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC/TN
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Benefit Concert
May 2, 2001, Athens, Georgia
Program includes
Drivin' 'N Cryin',
Caroline Aikin,
Breathlanes
& Calliope Fair
See details.
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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.
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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.
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Forum on Science, Policy & Management of Fire in Eastern Forests
29 January, 2001, Athens, GA
Overview & details
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Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) workshop
1-4 February, 2001
Click here for photos
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Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
19-20 December, 2000
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Annual Meeting of Discover Life
19-20 December, 2000
Click here for tentative agenda or minutes.
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CNN story - Moth, butterfly hunt in Smokies finds more than 700 species
31 August, 2000
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Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
5 May, 2000
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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 .
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10 December, 1999, Gatlinburg, TN
Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
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11 December, 1999, Gatlinburg, TN, and possibly Athens, GA, in conjunction with the Entomology Collections Network.
Taxonomy Meetings of Discover Life in America
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15 May, 1999
Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
Click
here for agenda or minutes.
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24 April, 1999, 9:00 a.m., Twin Creeks Picnic Pavilion off Cherokee Orchard Rd.
Volunteer Orientation Day of Discover Life in America
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8-10 April, 1999, Algal Nature Quest
Contact Jody Flemming <jody@discoverlife.org>, or Rex Lowe <lowe@OPIE.BGSU.EDU> for more information.
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18 February, 1999, Conference Call
Executive Committee conference call of Discover Life in America. See minutes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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22 May, 1998, Cullowhee, NC
Study Design Team -- First planning meeting
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22 May, 1998, Cullowhee, NC
Board of Directors' Meeting of Discover Life in America
Participants and
minutes.
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21 April, Gatlinburg, TN
Meeting and ceremony to start ATBI
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22-23 April, 1998. Reston, Virginia
Database Planning Workshop
Participants and
report.
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17 February, Washington, DC
Briefing of Federal Agencies and other Potential Partners
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12 February, Athens, Georgia
"Athens-Clarke County, Discover Life in America"
Organizational meeting to develop action plan
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3-4 February, GSMNP
Business Planning Workshop
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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
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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.
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