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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dispatches from the Field
NPS Fisheries Managers work in streams to restore native brook trout.
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NPS Fisheries Managers work in streams to restore native brook trout.

Welcome to Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management & Science!

Ever wonder what it's like to work in a National Park? Catch a bear? Track fish? Find out with “Dispatches From the Field,” a bi-monthly source of information from scientists, resource managers, and Park partners.

Click on issues below to see science, research, and resource management projects firsthand, and to find information about volunteering and educational opportunities.

Dispatches from the Field

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Check Current Research Permits in the Smokies (updated April, 2009)

Visit the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center to learn more about how you can be involved in Park research & science!

 
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 "Dispatches" & other science education projects in the Park funded by a grant from
Mingus Mill is a turbine-driven grist mill.  

Did You Know?
Seventy eight historic structures, including grist mills, churches, schools, barns, and the homes of early settlers, preserve Southern Appalachian mountain heritage in the park.

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Last Updated: April 28, 2009 at 17:28 EST