Discover Life in America and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
| 5th Annual All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Conference, 2001 |
November 28-30:Photography Workshop and Pre-Conference Meetings
November 29-30: General Sessions and Guest Speakers
December 1: DLIA Board Meeting
The Glenstone Lodge, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
| Discover Life | Who We Are | Events | 2001 ATBI Conference registration | Agenda |
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9:00am-2:00pm 12:00pm 1:00pm-10:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 6:00pm |
Field Trip (carpool) to the new Science Learning Center Photo Workshop Registration ATBI Photo Workshop sessions and trips, Kevin Fitz Patrick and Rebecca Shiflett Photography Through the Microscope- Robert Martin, Martin Microscope Co. DLIA Database/Web Interface Committee Meeting TWIG leader supper meeting: Database Standards and Procedures
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Purchase Knob Glenstone Lodge Lobby Dogwood Room Dogwood Room Place to be announced Glenstone Lodge Lobby |
| 8:00am-8:30am | -Check-In | Glenstone Lodge Lobby |
| 8:30am | -Convene Meeting: Jeanie Hilten, DLIA -Welcome: Mike Tollefson, Superintendent, GSMNP -Opening Message: Frank Harris, Chair, DLIA | Dogwood Room |
| 9:00am-9:30am | -Guest Speaker-Michael Soukop, Associate Director, NPS Resource Stewardship and Science |
| Research Reports: Mini Grants | Dogwood Room | |
| 9:30am-9:45am | -Review of DLIA Mini-Grants Program, John C. Morse | |
| 9:45am-10:00am | -Oligochaeta of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mark Wetzel | |
| 10:00am-10:15am | -Summer Plecoptera Assemblage in Abrams Creek, Ed DeWalt and Brian Heinhold | |
| 10:15am-10:30am | -Leaf Beetles in GSMNP-Chrysomelidae Coleoptera, Shawn Clark | |
| 10:30am-10:50am | -Break Refreshments provided | Poolside |
| 10:50am-11:05am | -Science Club Wasp Project, Jon Souders and Glen Este High School Students | |
| 11:05am-11:20am | -Tardigrade Inventory Progress, Paul Bartels | |
| 11:20am-11:35am | -Non-diatom Algae of GSMNP, Jeff Johansen, Shannon Gomez, Rex Lowe | |
| 11:35am-11:50am | -Cellular Slime Molds of GSMNP, John Landolt and James Cavender | |
| 11:50am-12:05pm | -Biting Fly Symbionts, Will Reeves | |
| 12:05pm-1:15pm | -Lunch (on your own) and view exhibits | Azalea Room |
| Science & Education | Dogwood Room | |
| 1:15pm-1:30pm | -The ATBI Quarterly, Ruthanne Mitchell | |
| 1:30pm-1:45pm | -ATBI research by students at GSM Institute at Tremont, Paul Super and Michelle Prysby | |
| 1:45pm-2:00pm | -GSMNP Resource Education and the ATBI, Chris Stein | |
| 2:00pm-2:15pm | -Upward Bound Student Participation, Nancy Headlee and Stephanie Stocks | |
| Research Reports: The Vertebrate Study | Dogwood Room | |
| 2:15pm-2:20pm | -Vertebrate Study Update, Keith Langdon | |
| 2:20pm-2:35pm | -Development of Predictive Habitat models from Breeding Bird Inventory Data, Ted Simons | |
| 2:35pm-2:55pm | -Reptiles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Ben Cash | |
| 2:55pm-3:10pm | -Mammal Inventory, Donald Linzey, Christy Brecht, Ed Pivorun, and Robert Keller | |
| 3:10pm-3:30pm | -Break. Refreshments Provided | Poolside |
| Projects and Status Reports | Dogwood Room | |
| 3:30-3:50 | -NPS Bio-Inventories and Database, Mark Wotawa | |
| 3:50-4:05 | -ATBI Database and DLIA Web Site, Norm Johnson | |
| 4:05-4:20 | -University of Georgia Hymenoptera Study, Elizabeth Skillen | |
| 4:20-4:30 | -Fern Forays, Patricia Cox | |
| 4:30-4:45 | -TBI Pilot Project, Chuck Parker | |
| 4:45-5:00 | -Coleoptera, Alex Konstantinov | |
| 5:00-5:15 | -The Smokies New Science Center and Laboratory, Keith Langdon | |
| Special Sessions (You can attend both) | ||
| 5:15pm-6:00pm | -Visit to the Collections of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Don Defoe | Meet Glenstone Lobby |
| 5:15pm-6:00 | -Using UTMs in your data recording, Keith Langdon and Michael Kunze | Meet Glenstone Lobby |
| Evening Program | ||
| 6:30pm until ? | -Social Reception: Hors d'Oeuvres & Cash Bar Biodiversity Auction with Emily Jones, DLIA Development Coordinator and Chris Headrick, Chief Auctioneer, Pigeon Forge Auction Company Ernie Bernard's Springtail Jar-Buy a ticket-guess the number-win a prize! Traditional Music Jam Session with "The Woodpickers" (bring your guitar, banjo,mandolin, spoons, etc. and join in!) |
Poolside/Azalea Room/Dogwood Room |
| 7:30-8:30am | -Continental Breakfast | Poolside |
| 8:30 | -Guest Speaker-Michael Donoghue, G.E. Hutchinson Professor, Yale University | Dogwood Room |
| Fundraising and Development | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | -DLIA's Development Plans and Progress, Emily Jones | |
| Volunteer Reports | Dogwood Room | |
| 9:15-9:25 | -Volunteer Action, 2001 Jeanie Hilten | |
| 9:25-9:35 | -Illustrating the ATBI, Nancy Lowe, Kevin Fitz Patrick, Rebecca Shiflett | |
| 9:35-9:45 | -Field Projects, Jim Lowe, Jim Burbank, and Bob Hightower | |
| 9:45-10:00 | -Science and Taxonomy projects, Tom Rogers | |
| 10:00-10:20 | -Break Refreshments provided. | Poolside |
| (Please sign up for afternoon Discussion Forums) | ||
| Research Reports: Taxonomic Working Groups (TWIGs) | Dogwood Room | |
| 10:20-10:35 | -TWIG Coordination, Rex Lowe | |
| 10:35-10:50 | -Vascular Plants, David K. Smith | |
| 10:50-11:05 | -Re-launching the Coleoptera TWIG for the Smokies' ATBI, Chris Carlton | |
| 11:05-11:20 | -Diptera, Will Reeves | |
| 11:20-11:35 | -Arachnids, Fred Coyle | |
| 11:35-11:50 | -Myxomycetes, Steve Stevenson | |
| 11:50-12:05 | -Apterygotes, Ernie Bernard | |
| 12:05-12:20 | -Fungi, Dennis Drehmel | |
| 12:20-1:30pm | -Lunch (on your own) and view exhibits | Azalea Room |
| Stories from the ATBI & Discussion Forums | Dogwood Room | |
| 1:30-3:00pm: | - Peter White, moderator | |
| This is a chance for everyone to share stories from the field and then to gather in small groups to discuss particular topics. We strongly encourage interdisciplinary participation in the sessions-for example, scientists joining in the education discussions and vice versa. | ||
| Choose a Discussion Forum: | Science Plan Update, Peter White Development and Finance, Emily Jones and Dave Scanlon Science Education, Jeanie Hilten Brainstorming for 2002, Keith Langdon | (Meeting Places to be announced) |
| 3:00-3:15pm | -Break. Refreshments provided. | Poolside |
| Concluding Messages | Dogwood Room | |
| 3:15-3:30 | Frank Harris (Please complete and turn in evaluation forms) Thank You! | |
| ATBI Summary Presentation for Press and Public | Highlander Room | |
| 3:30-4:00 | Bob Miller | |
| Discover Life in America Board Meeting | Highlander Room
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| 7:30am-8:30am | -Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30am-10:00am |
Call to Order Determination of a Quorum Approval of Minutes Treasurer's Report Old Business | |
| 10:00am-10:15am | - Break Refreshments provided | |
| 10:15am | -New Business | |
| 12:00pm | -Adjourn | |
| Exhibits and Displays for the Conference: | The Azalea Room |
| (Ruthanne Mitchell, cwmitchell@ntown.com) | |
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| Discover Life | Who We Are | Events | 2001 ATBI Conference registration | Agenda |