Southern Appalachian

Great Smoky Mountains 75th Anniversary

Congratulations, Smokies!June 15, 2009 marks the 75th Anniversary of the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The crown jewel of the Southern Appalachian mountain range, the park boasts unparalleled biological diversity for a temperate climate, with unsurpassed numbers and types of salamander species, unique invertebrates such as land snails and water mites, and other rare and threatened species.

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Conferences of Interest

	Association of Southeastern Biologists 2009 Annual Meeting 4/1/2009 - 4/1/2009 Birmingham, Alabama United States
	19th Tennessee Water Resources Symposium 4/15/2009 - 4/17/2009 Burns, Tennessee United States
	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council 2009 Annual Symposium 5/13/2009 - 5/15/2009 Georgetown, South Carolina United States
	2009 Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit 5/27/2009 - 5/28/2009 Oak Ridge, Tennessee United States
	11th Annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference 5/27/2009 - 5/29/2009 Tampa, Florida United States
	The 50th Annual Meeting - Society for Economic Botany 5/31/2009 - 6/4/2009 Charleston, South Carolina United States
	Association of State Floodplain Managers Annual National Conference 6/7/2009 - 6/12/2009 Orlando, Florida United States
	Modeling White Nose Syndrome in Bats - NIMBioS Investigative Workshop 6/29/2009 - 7/1/2009 Knoxville, Tennessee United States
	Modeling Bovine Tuberculosis - A NIMBioS Working Group 7/7/2009 - 7/9/2009 Knoxville, Tennessee United States
	139th American Fisheries Society Meeting 8/30/2009 - 9/3/2009 Nashville, Tennessee United States
	Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 2009 11/1/2009 - 11/4/2009 Atlanta, Georgia United States
	2009 Joint Conference: Tennessee Science Teachers Association and Tennessee Academy of Science 11/6/2009 - 11/7/2009 Franklin, Tennessee United States
	2009 Annual SAMAB Conference 11/17/2009 - 11/19/2009 Asheville, North Carolina United States
	4th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress 11/30/2009 - 12/4/2009 Savannah, Georgia United States
	National Plant Diagnostic Network Second Annual Meeting 12/6/2009 - 12/10/2009 Miami, Florida United States
	Symposium on Conservation and Management of Big-eared Bats in the Eastern United States 2010 3/9/2010 - 3/11/2010 Athens, Georgia United States

Southern Appalachian Information Node
Your Gateway to Regional Biodiversity Information

Highlights

Southeast Collaboration and Partnership (SECAP) Portal Community

Appalachian Trail Environmental Monitoring

About the Node

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Animals and Plants of the Region

Learn more about the species of the region and species in greatest need of conservation with our species information. [View more]

Live Maps and Data

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