[TN-Bird] Fwd: ATBI in state parks

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I am forwarding this for LinnAnn Welch.

Jan Shaw
Nashville, TN

In a message dated 12/11/03 11:34:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
LinnAnn.Welch@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> ATBI in Tennessee State Parks
> The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory is an on-going project in the Great
> Smoky Mountains National Park, the first comprehensive biological
> inventory of its kind to be undertaken in North America. With the
> creation of a new section of Tennessee State Parks, Natural and Cultural
> Resource Management, a similar program is underway.The intention of the
> staff is to inventory and monitor biological features utilizing existing
> park staff, local universities and schools, community volunteers, and
> others from abroad with expertise or interest in biological topics. This
> program will not only provide much needed data to help better protect
> the creatures we know reside in our state parks, but it will help us
> discover those thousands of plants and animals yet to be found in parks
> or even known to humans.
> TOS can be of help with this project if any member or group is
> interested in conducting bird counts on those areas, such as Natchez
> Trace State Park or Hidden Lake in Nashville, that have not had
> extensive bird research conduted. We are also interested in bird banding
> expanding to other parks, similar to what has been done at Radnor Lake.
> For more information, contact LinnAnn Welch, state parks biologist, at
> (615) 532-0241.  LinnAnn.Welch@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> Thank you
> LinnAnn Welch
> biologist
> Natural and Cultural Resource Management
> (615) 532-0241
> pg 963-0082
> 





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