NEW!
Citizen Science Best Practices Publication
The Director's Guide to Best Practices in Citizen Science - part of a professional series of best practice for nature centers and similar organizations. This is a Tremont product that ANCA felt worth publishing created by former Tremont citizen science director's Michelle Prysby and Paul Super and a group of citizen science leaders that gathered at Tremont in 2003. For a sampler of the full document download here.

To order a copy of the full monograph, please visit Association of Nature Center Administrators (ANCA) Web site http://www.natctr.org/manual.html or call 800/490-2622.

Volunteer Opportunities
Does spending your free time searching for salamanders, monitoring monarch butterflies, banding birds, or identifying insects sound fun?  We have several volunteer citizen science activities that offer students and adults an opportunity to assist with scientific research projects to collect real and relevant data for the park. Volunteers choose one or more projects and commit to training and collecting data for that project. In return, they gain skills in scientific research, experience to prepare them for a career or college program in science, and the knowledge that they have made a contribution to protecting and understanding the resources in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

For more information, or to sign up, contact us at mail@gsmit.org or
865-448-6709.

Field Ecology Adventure Camp
Truly immerse yourself in citizen science through this unique summer opportunity for students 13-17 years old. Learn more about Field Ecology Adventure Camp.

Summer Research Assistant Positions
Thanks to generous funding, we are able to offer several Summer Research Assistant positions. These paid positions are for high school and early college students. We also offer internships for teachers. Check on our jobs page to see the position announcement, which is usually posted in late winter.

School Groups and Citizen Science
Learn more about how your school group can be involved in citizen science on your trip to Tremont.