2008 Tremont Calendar of Programs and Events
Groups of all ages visit Tremont to live and learn, using the national park as an outdoor classroom. Great Smoky Mountains Institute has something for everyone. Below are links to programming for 2008. You may begin to explore what we have just for you or for more information call 865-448-6709 or e-mail: mail@gsmit.org.
You won't want to miss anything happening at Tremont. Links will be live as programs are updated.
(*) Asterisk items denote college credit available. Ask for details, call 865-448-6709.
January
19th - Winter Tree Identification, led by Ken Voorhis, Tremont Executive Director.
Register in advance, $15 per person
20-27 Wilderness First Responder
February
8 - 10 Wilderness First Responder – Refresher
8 - 10 Naturalist Certification Training Combo: Naturalist Skills/Interpretation: A Teachable Art
Click here for Naturalist Skills description -or- Click here for Interpretation description
March
8th - Legacy Spring Scavenger Hunt. Ticketed event.
April
13 - 18 Spring Hiking Elderhostel
18 - 21 Spring Photography Workshop
19th - Spring Wildflower Hike at Chimney's picnic area. Led by Amber Parker,
Tremont Program Director
19 - 21 Spring Le Conte Overnight
May
May 2 BRYAN BOWERS In Concert at the Palace Theater in downtown Maryville, Tennessee, 8:00pm. Tickets $15. Singer-songwriter, storyteller, and virtuoso on - yes! - the autoharp, Bowers has
been entertaining audiences for nearly three decades.
16 - 18 Spring Adult Backpack
16 - 18 Spring Wonders Weekend
16 - 18 Naturalist Certification Training: Southern Appalachian Ecology
16 - 18 Naturalist Certification Training: Birds of the Smokies
May - Moth monitoring with Jason Love, director of Tremont's Citizen Science Program
Watch for specific dates and time.
May - Beginning about mid-May Bird Banding begins and is scheduled every other week through the
summer. Watch for specific dates to be posted.
June
7th - Bird Watching at Cades Cove with Amber Parker, Tremont's Education Director.
9 - 14 Discovery Camp I
9 - 14 Wilderness Adventure Camp I
9 - 14 Backcountry Ecological Expedition Camp
15 - 20 Smoky Mountains Science Teacher Institute
23 - 28 Discovery Camp II
23 - 28 Wilderness Adventure Camp II
July
6/30 - 7/5 Smoky Mountains Family Camp
7 - 9 Naturalist Certification Training: Plants
7 - 9 Naturalitst Certification Training: Interpretation: A Teachable Art
7 - 12 Naturalist Hiking Week
10 - 12 Naturalist Certification Training - Aquatic Natural History
10 - 12 Naturalist Certification Training - Reptiles & Amphibians
11th - Appalachian Celebration at the Heritage Center, Townsend, TN, Ticketed event.
14 - 24 Teen High Adventure
14 - 24 Field Ecology Adventure
14 - 24 Smoky Mountains Naturalist Expeditions
19th - Summer Hike. Register in advance, $15 per person.
August
15 - 17 Fall Le Conte Overnight
September
14 Legacy Homecoming at Tremont, ticketed event.
October
3 - 5 Teacher Escape Weekend
10 - 12 Women's Backpack
12 - 17 Fall Hiking Elderhostel
17 - 20 Chasing Light in the Smokies: Autumn Photography Workshop
24 - 26 Naturalist Certification Training: Plants
24 - 26 Naturalist Certification Training: Southern Appalachian Ecology
25th - Fall Hike, led by Tremont Executive Director, Ken Voorhis. Register in advance, $15 per person.
November
7 - 9 Naturalist Certification Training Combo: Naturalist Skills/Mammals
Click here for Naturalist Skills description -or- Click here for Mammals description
