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There are now 21,183 known species in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and new ones are always likely to be discovered during bioblitz events. ....
Discover Life in America hold BioBlitz event on Tellico Lake GATLINBURG â Smokies nonprofit, Discover Life in America (DLiA), invites the community to participate in its 12th BioBlitz in partnership with Tennessee Valley Authority at Tellico Lake on July 31. The free, family-friendly event serves as an opportunity for individuals to learn from local scientists about the various species found at TVA public sites while also contributing to science. Participants will work in small groups to survey the East Lakeshore Trail from 8 a.m. â 12 p.m. Later, they will post photos of the organisms they have found to the community science platform iNaturalist, building a list of area species that can be viewed and contributed to later. ....
âIâve learned so much just listening to them (DLiA staff) that it has really been very educational and very interesting for me personally,â said TVA program manager Melinda Watson. On the south side of Guntersville dam, participants will work in small groups to survey the Cave Mountain Trail from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Then, they will post photos of the organisms they have found to the community science platform iNaturalist, building a list of area species that can be viewed and contributed to later. No experience is necessary to attend. Participants should download the free iNaturalist app onto their phone or smart device in advance of the event and dress appropriately for the outdoors. ....
View Comments Warren Bielenberg spends a lot of time photographing Southern Appalachian butterflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But he willingly admits that his journey of butterfly discovery didn’t begin in earnest until he retired from 34 years as a park ranger and began volunteering in the park’s popular Cades Cove. “One day there was a family of three with a little girl, maybe 11 or 12 years old, near a group of blue butterflies along the road,” said Bielenberg. “I went over and said they looked like pipevine swallowtails. But then the little girl immediately corrected me and said, ‘No, those are spicebush swallowtails!’ I’d never heard of them, but she pointed out a very subtle difference between the two.” ....