D I S C O V E R    L I F E

Updated: 3 November, 2019

• Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Thinking Session
  When: 11-13 May, 2018
  Where: Harvard University
  Details: Google doc
  Contact: John Pickering --
      pick@discoverlife.org -- 706-254-7446

  Outcome: Global Biodiversity SHIELD

• Planning meetings: Save all species
  
  • 17-20 November, 2017
    Where: Firefly Lodge, High Cove, 1229 Rebels Creek Road, Bakersville, North Carolina 28705
    Host: Nancy Lowe, ASIF Center -- sciencecandance@gmail.com
    details
  • North Carolina (17-20 November),
    
  • Pennsylvania (26 November),
    
  • Indiana (29 November),
    
  • Kentucky (1-4 December) details
    Contact: John Pickering -- pick@discoverlife.org -- 706-254-7446

• 23 Sptember, 2017
  "Moth pupa banks, adult eclosion triggers, and flight patterns."
  Where: Annual meeting of the Southern Lepidopterists' Society
  and Association for Tropical Lepidoptera
  at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville
  Time:4:25-4:45PM
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: abstract · pptx
  

• 20 September, 2017
  "Texas Biological Survey planning meeting."
  Where: Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies
  Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
  Time:7:30AM-noon
  Contact: John Pickering, pick@discoverlife.org
  

• 17 August, 2017
  "Novel use of 14C bomb-pulse to measure
  how many years saturniid moths spend as pupae"
  Where: 14th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Ottawa, Canada
  Presenters: John Pickering and Alex Cherkinsky
  Presentation: abstract 75763 · pptx

• 29 July, 2017
  "Save all species -- moth lights a way?"
  Where: Long Key Nature Center, Davie, Florida
  Contact: Kelli Whitney -- 954-357-8797 ext. 8785
  Time: 4:00PM for talk · 8:00PM for field observation
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: abstract · pptx

• 16 July, 2017
  Meeting: Mycoflora Project
  Where: Glass Conference Room, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens
  Time: 9:30AM - 3:30PM
  Contact: Tom Bruns -- pogon@berkeley.edu

• 27 June, 2017
  "Save all species -- moth lights a way?"
  Where: Annual conference of the
  Guild of Natural Science Illustrators,
  Warren Wilson College,
  Swannonoa, North Carolina
  Time: 11:00AM
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: abstract

• 30 October, 2016
  "Discover Life Workshop"
  Time: 1:00PM
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Where: Annual meeting of the Southern Lepidopterists' Society at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville
  

• 29 October, 2016
  "Findings from Discover Life's Mothing Project."
  Where: Annual meeting of the Southern Lepidopterists' Society at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville
  Time: 10:00AM
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: abstract · pptx
  

• 14 September, 2016
  Discover Life Poetry:
  Time: 7:00PM
  Where: Special Collections Auditorium, Richard B. Russell Building, 300 South Hull Street, on the University of Georgia Campus. Parking is available at the Hull Street parking deck immediately adjacent to the Library
  

• 6 September, 2016
  Odum School of Ecology Seminar:
  "Why fly now? Documenting insect phenology and abundance helps us understand their biology and potential environmental threats."
  Time: 4:00PM (refreshments at 3:30PM)
  Where: Odum School of Ecology, Auditorium
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: abstract · pptx
  Contact: Alan Covich -- alanc@uga.edu

• 2 August, 2016
  Moth Party:
  Time:
  Where: Sam Houston State University
  

• 8-10 July, 2016
  High Cove Moth Retreat:
  

• 3 June, 2016
  Colburn Earth Science Museum
  Beer City Science Pub talk:
  "Why fly now? Photographing moths at porch lights helps us understand their biology and potential environmental threats."
  Time: 5:30PM reception; 6:30-8:00PM talk
  Where: 2 South Pack Square in Pack Place, Ashville, North Carolina 28801
  Presentation: flier · pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering, University of Georgia, Athens
  Contact: Cory Van Auken -- cvanauken@colburnmuseum.org ·: Megan Hearne -- edu@colburnmuseum.org

• 6 April, 2016
  First Natural History Lecture:
  "Why fly now? Photographing moths at porch lights helps us understand their biology and potential environmental threats."
  Time: 4:00 - 5:00PM
  Where: Special Collections Auditorium, Richard B. Russell Building, 300 South Hull Street, on the University of Georgia Campus. Parking is available at the Hull Street parking deck immediately adjacent to the Library
  Sponsor: Friends of the Museum of Natural History Presentation: abstract · pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Alan Covich -- alanc@uga.edu

• 19 February, 2016
  "Monitoring moth communities to understand environmental health and insect life history strategies."
  Time: 7:00PM
  Where: Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
  Presentation: abstract · pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: William Godwin: wbg004@shsu.edu

• 17 October, 2015
  "How aposematic and cryptic coloration may affect moth flight phenology, population genetic structure, and rates of evolution.."
  Time: T.B.A.
  Where: Annual meeting of the Southern Lepidopterists' Society, the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, and the Lepidopterists' Society at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville
  Presentation: abstract
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Debbie Lott, mothnut@hotmail.com
• 11 October, 2015
  "Discover Life."
  Time: 10:00AM-2:30PM
  Where: Simian Seminar, DeVore Conference Room, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Richard Wrangham: wranghamrichard@gmail.com
• 11-13 September, 2015
  "Moth Party and Discover Life planning workshop."
  Time: 6:00PM Friday - 9:00AM Sunday
  Where: Firefly Lodge, High Cove, Bakersville, North Carolina
  Discussion: 1) Education, 2) Mothing, 3) Long-term planning for Disvover Life
  Organizers: Nancy Lowe & John Pickering
  Contact: pick@discoverlife.org

• 4 June, 2015
  "Monitoring moth communities to understand environmental health and insect life history strategies."
  Time: 4:00PM
  Where: 139 Mulford Hall, University of California, Berkeley
  Presentation: abstract
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: George Roderick: roderick@berkeley.edu

• 17 March, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: Noon
  Where: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
  Presentation: abstract · pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact: Jason Cryan: Jason.Cryan@naturalsciences.org
  

• 8 December, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 1:00PM
  Where: Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware
  Presentation: pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact: Debbie Delaney: dadelane@udel.edu
  

• 11 November, 2014
  "Research opportunities to study moths in Georgia and Costa Rica."
  Time: 3:30PM
  Where: Junior Seminar, Ecology, University of Georgia
  Presentation: pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact: Scott Connelly: scottcon@uga.edu
  

• 27 September, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 4:25PM
  Where: Southern Lepidopterist's Society
  Presentation: pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact:Debbie Matthews: dlott@flmnh.ufl.edu
  

• 17 September, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 4:00PM
  Where: Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Tennessee State University
  Presentation: abstract · pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact: Jim Stewart: stewarjr@mail.etsu.edu
  

• 4 September, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 12:00PM
  Where: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida
  Presentation: pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact: Akito Kawahara: kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu
  

• 29 August, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 12:00PM
  Where: University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
  Presentation: pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact: Virginia Scott: virginia.scott@colorado.edu
  

• 28 August, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 11:00AM MDT
  Where: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Ft. Collins, Colorado
  Presentation: abstract · pptx
  Background: see Mothing and Audubon
  Presenter: John Pickering -- email: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contacts: Noah Kahn, noah_kahn@fws.gov and Jana Newman, jana_newman@fws.gov
  

• 27 August, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 12:00PM
  Where: Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University
  Presentation: pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contact: Paul Opler: paulopler@comcast.net
  

• 26 August, 2014
  "Monitoring moth communities as indicators of environmental health and changes."
  Time: 3:00PM
  Where: Department of Ecosystem Science, Biodiversity Institute, & Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming
  Presentation: pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering: pick@discoverlife.org
  Contacts: Scott Shaw: braconid@uwyo.edu and
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1 November, 2013 Discover Life Science Club: Friday, 8:30PM - 9:30PM++ Nature calling -- insects, frogs and other sounds of the night Presenter: Sam Droege, USGS Where:    Sandy Creek Nature Center    205 Old Commerce Rd.    Athens, GA 30607 · directions Activities: Talk followed by a cricket crawl & moth party at Walker Hall. Bring a flashlight, camera, & ruler. Contact: Nancy Lowe All welcome!

Tori, Angela, Margo & Freddy mothing at Walker Hall

• 11-12 October, 2013
  Steele Creek Park Wildlife Weekend
  Friday 6:30PM - ?? Reception, 15 minute talk followed by Moth Party
  Saturday 10:00AM - 12:00PM Powerpoint presentation: Discover Life moth study, followed by brief Photowalk
  Steele Creek Park, Bristol, Tennessee
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Larry McDaniel -- email: larrycmcd@hotmail.com

4 October, 2013 Discover Life Science Club 8:30PM - 9:30PM: Insect identification night -- bring a bug. 9:30PM - 10:30PM: Moth party -- bring a flashlight, camera, & ruler. Where: Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions 205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607 Presenters: John Pickering, Nancy Miorelli Contact: Tori Staples -- email: tori@discoverlife.org
6 September, 2013 Discover Life Science Club: the inaugural meeting Overview: We are starting a club to involve schools and community members in science. After an hour inside, we'll go to Walker Hall for a moth party. We recommend that participants bring a flashlight, camera, and ruler. All welcome. 8:30PM - 9:30PM -- Presentations and discussion 9:30PM - 10:00PM -- Moth Party to document the diversity of local moths and other creatures attracted to lights. Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions 205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607 Presenters: John Pickering, Freddie Geiser, Tori Staples, Nancy Miorelli, Jim Geiser Contact: Tori Staples -- email: tori@discoverlife.org

• 22 August, 2013
  Join the dark side of life -- the fabulous diversity of our local moths and the questions they can answer
  12:30PM - 1:20PM
  Honors Program Lunchbox Lectures
  116 Moore College, University of Georgia, Athens
  Presenter: John Pickering -- email: pick@discoverlife.org
  Presentation: pptx

26 July, 2013 Moth Party: Join the global celebration of moths and biodiversity 10PM Walker Hall, Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions 205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607 Meet John Pickering outside the Education and Visitor Center Presenter: John Pickering Contact: Tori Staples -- tori@discoverlife.org 27 July, 2013 Moth Party: Join the global celebration of moths and biodiversity 10PM Walker Hall, Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions 205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607 Meet Tori outside the Education and Visitor Center Presenters: John Pickering Contact: Tori Staples -- tori@discoverlife.org

20-28 July, 2013 National Moth Week Global citizen science project. Everyone, everywhere can participate.

• 24 July, 2013
  Using digital photography and web tools to monitor moth phenology and distibution
  Time: 10:00AM-Noon
  Maple Hill Lodge, Sycamore Rd.
  Umstead State Park
  Raleigh, NC
  Presenters: John Pickering & Tori Staples
  Presentations: Pickering pptx · Staples ppt
  Contact: Merrill Lynch -- jmerrilllynch@gmail.com

• 20 July, 2013
  Moth Party: Join the global celebration of moths and biodiversity
  10PM
  Walker Hall, Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions
  205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607
  Meet John Pickering outside the Education and Visitor Center. Then we'll head to Walker Hall.
  Presenters: John Pickering
  Contact: Tori Staples -- tori@discoverlife.org

• 19 July, 2013
  Moth Party: Join the global celebration of moths and biodiversity
  This event kicks off National Moth Week the Athens-Clarke County
  10PM
  Walker Hall, Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions
  205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607
  Meet Tori outside the Education and Visitor Center
  Presenters: Tori Staples
  Contact: Tori Staples -- tori@discoverlife.org

• 11 June, 2013
  Young DAWGS Final Presentations
  Training and Development Center
  315 S. Thomas Street
  Presenter: Freddy Geiser
  9:45AM
  Presenter: Margo Rothstein
  4:00PM
  Contact: Tori Staples -- email: tori@discoverlife.org

• 10 June, 2013
  Young Scholars Final Presentations
  Conner Hall, room 371
  Time 9:05AM
  Presenter: Angela Hulsey
  Contact: Tori Staples -- email: tori@discoverlife.org

• 28 June, 2013
  Insects of the Night: An Exploration of What Buzzes and Flies in the Summer Night
  8:00PM - 9:30PM
  Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions
  205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607
  Presenters: Tori Staples, John Pickering
  Contact: Tori Staples -- email: tori@discoverlife.org

  This kid got up close and personal with a Dobsonfly.

• 26 June, 2013
  Discover Life: Presentation to Young Scholars
  3:00PM - 5:00PM
  Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions
  205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607
  Presenter: Tori Staples
  Contact: Tori Staples -- email: tori@discoverlife.org

• 5 June, 2013
  Moths
  Sandy Creek Day Camp Activity, 1:00PM - 1:30PM
  Presenters: Tori Staples, Angela Hulsey, Freddy Geiser, Margo Rothstein

• 23 May, 2013
  How to answer ecological questions by collecting and analyzing moth data
  Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) Summer Institute
  Division of Instructional Services & School Performance
  Office of Teaching & Learning
  1:15-3:30PM, Room 213, H.T. Edwards Career Academy, Athens, Georgia
  Presenters: Stella Guerrero & John Pickering
  Description: Participants will be able to find out how to collect real data that will
  allow students to answer environmental questions. They will be able to use data that
  has been collected during the last three years to teach students inquiry-based science.
  Audience: Grade 6-12 teachers
  Links: CCGPS Summer Institute Program · Mothing (see Overview & Analysis)
  Contact: Stella Guerrero -- email: guerreros@clarke.k12.ga.us

• 30 April, 2013
  Moth Observation Site Launch Party
  7:30PM - 10:00PM
  Sandy Creek Nature Center · directions
  205 Old Commerce Rd., Athens, GA 30607
  Bring:
  
  • After the presentations, we will "moth" at the Walker Hall,
    taking photos of critters attracted to the new lights.
    Please bring a flashlight, camera, and ruler
    so that you can learn the joys of studying moths.
  Project overview
  Presenters:
  
  • Randy Smith, Sandy Creek Nature Center
    
  • Marianne Shockley Cruz, Entomology, University of Georgia
    
  • Tori Staples, Entomology, University of Georgia & Discover Life
    
  • Quint Newcomer, University of Georgia Costa Rica campus
    
  • Cameron Prybol, Biochemistry, University of Georgia & Discover Life
    
  • Matt Jordan, Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities, University of Georgia
    
  • Alec Weil, Biology, University of Georgia & Discover Life
  • Claire Najar, Anthropology, University of Georgia & Discover Life
  • Jonathan Lochamy, Biology, Georgia Perimeter College
    
  • Nancy Lowe, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia & Discover Life
    
  • Narke Norton, Young Scholars, University of Georgia
    
  • Jim Geiser, Young Dawgs, University of Georgia
    
  • John Pickering, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia & Discover Life
    
  Flyer
  Contact: Tori Staples -- email: vlstaples@gmail.com

• 5 February, 2013
  Discover Life
  Guest Lecture, 2:30PM - 4:00PM
  Biology 2990H Seminar in Modern Biology
  Biological Sciences Building Entomology Conference Room 412a
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: pptx
  Contact: Karl Espelie -- email: espelie@uga.edu

• 4 February, 2013
  Discover Life
  Guest Lecture, 2:30PM - 4:00PM
  Biology 2990H Seminar in Modern Biology
  Biological Sciences Building Entomology Conference Room 412a
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: pptx
  Contact: Karl Espelie -- email: espelie@uga.edu

• 25 January, 2013
  Discover Life
  Seminar, 3:30PM - 5:00PM
  Center for Ecological Sciences
  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: pptx
  Contact: Raman Sukumar -- email: rsuku@ces.iisc.ernet.in

• 21 January, 2013
  Large-scale Ecological Questions, Citizen Science, and Photography
  Seminar, 4:00PM - 5:00PM
  Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
  Royal Enclave, Siirampura, Jakkur PO, Bangalore, India
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: abstract · html · pptx
  Contact: Madhavi Latha -- email: madhavi@atree.org

• 19 January, 2013
  Web-Enabled Field Guides and Identification Keys
  Panel Discussion, 5:30PM - 6:45PM
  Indo-US Joint Workshop on Biodiversity Informatics
  Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
  Bangalore, India
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation: pptx
  Contact: Hemalatha G -- email: hemalatha@atree.org

• 3 January, 2013
  Join the dark side of life -- the fabulous diversity of local moths
  Oconee Rivers Audubon Society
  Location: Sandy Creek Nature Center, Athens, Georgia      Time: 7:00PM
  Presentation: html · pptx
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Gary Crider -- email: gcrider@charter.net

• 9 November, 2012
  Using photography to study the impact of climate change and other environmental threats
  Workshop, 11:30AM - 2:00PM
  Georgia Perimeter College, Clarksville Campus
  Presentation
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Jonathan Lochamy -- email: Jonathan.Lochamy@gpc.edu

• 19-20 October, 2012
  Kentucky Natural History Survey, strategic planning meeting
  Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting
  Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
  Presentation
  Presenters: Albert Meier and John Pickering
  Contact: Albert Meier -- email: albert.meier@wku.edu

• 3 October, 2012
  Lecture: Multisite ecological monitoring to predict the impact of climate change on biodiversity
  Class: General Ecology ECOL3500 Presenter: John Pickering -- pick@discoverlife.org -- 706-254-7446
  Presentation
  Location: 404B Biological Sciences Building, University of Georgia, Athens     Time: 9:00AM

  Contact: Ford Ballantyne fb4@uga.edu or Lizzie King egking@uga.edu

• 20 September, 2012
  Seminar: Multisite ecological monitoring to predict the impact of climate change on biodiversity
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation
  Location: Suffolk University     Time: 1:00PM
  Contact: Peter Burn -- email: pburn@suffolk.edu -- 617-573-8347

• 19 September, 2012
  Talk: Discover Life, the Massachusetts Natural History Survey, and Mothing
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Presentation
  Location: Carlisle Town Hall, Massachusetts     Time: 7:30PM
  Moth Party -- Location: 223 Partridge Lane, Carlisle, MA     Time: 9:30PM
  Contact: Peter Burn -- email: pburn@suffolk.edu -- 617-573-8347

• 14-15 September, 2012
  Fall Natural History Survey, a 24-hour multi-site, multi-state event
  Overview: This is a follow-up event for our Spring Natural History Survey.
  We will conduct a 24-hour survey, present results from the spring, and have a workshop
  on how to proceed in building a network of study sites to conduct Natural History
  Surveys and share information and expertise. For more details see the Georgia and
  Kentucky Natural History Surveys.
  Organizers: Discover Life, Nature Research Center and other partners.
  Contact: Nancy Lowe

• 7-9 September, 2012
  50th Annual Fall Roan Mountain Naturalists' Rally
  Roan Mountain
  Contact: Jennifer Bauer -- email: jbauer@friendsofroanmtn.org

• 17 August, 2012, 11:45am - 12:15pm
  Butterfly Festival -- Collecting Photos of Moths, Butterflies and Other Pollinators
  Dunwoody Nature Center
  Contact: Nancy Lowe

• 9 August, 2012, 1:30-5:00PM
  Life: collecting high-quality data on species using photography and online tools
  "Books to Barcodes -- Symposium"
  Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting
  Presentation
  Contact: John Pickering -- email: pick@discoverlife.org

• 23-29 July, 2012
  National Moth Week
  See details
  Contact: Nancy Lowe

• 28 July, 2012
  4th Annual Xtreme Roan Mountain Roan Adventures Youth Naturalists' Rally
  Roan Mountain
  Contact: Ken Turner -- email: ken@friendsofroanmtn.org

• 18 July, 2012
  Tools to help assemble, integrate, analyze, and share biodiversity information
  John Pickering
  American Museum of Natural History
  Presentation

• 14 July, 2012
  Discoverlife.org: Modern random-access, image-rich keys and beyond
  Joint Fungal Environmental Sampling and Informatics Network (FESIN) / Mycological Society of America Workshop
  Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington St., New Haven, Connecticut
  Program
  Presentation: Tools to help assemble, integrate, analyze, and share biodiversity information
  Contact: Tom Bruns at pogon@berkeley.edu

• 14-15 July, 2012
  Adirondack All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Bioblitz
  Saranac, Lake, New York
  Contact: Dave Patrick -- email: dpatrick@paulsmiths.edu

• 24 May, 2012
  Moth Party
  Cummington, Massachusetts
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Barbara Spencer -- email: spencerbarbaraj@gmail.com
  Results

• 22 May, 2012
  Massachusetts Natural History Survey -- organizational meeting
  University of Massachusetts, Boston,
  UMass Boston Campus Center; room 1313
  Agenda
  Participants
  Contact: Sarah Oktay at sarah.oktay@umb.edu
  Organizers: Paul Goldstein, Sarah Oktay, Peter Burn, John Pickering

• 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

• 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.
  

• 21-22 April, 2012
  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.
  Geology/ Geography Building Room 321, UGA, Athens, Georgia
  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.
  

• 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

• 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

• 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 Lowe

• 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

• 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

• 31 January, 2012
  Discover Life
  Guest Lecture, 2:30PM - 4:00PM
  Biology 2990H Seminar in Modern Biology
  Biological Sciences Building Entomology Conference Room 412a
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Karl Espelie -- email: espelie@uga.edu

• 30 January, 2012
  Discover Life
  Guest Lecture, 2:30PM - 4:00PM
  Biology 2990H Seminar in Modern Biology
  Biological Sciences Building Entomology Conference Room 412a
  Presenter: John Pickering
  Contact: Karl Espelie -- email: espelie@uga.edu

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• ESA SEEDS Bioblitz
  • 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.

• 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.

• 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 Discover Life at dl@discoverlife.org
    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.