Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================