Projects from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

02 - Experiencing Life - All Organisms icon

02 - Experiencing Life - All Organisms

Organisms observed in the sites associated with Trip 2 of the Experiencing Life series, centered on The Smo...
2016 National Park Service Bat Week icon

2016 National Park Service Bat Week

During Bat Week, Oct. 24-31, we aim to protect bat habitat by identifying harmful invasive plant species. T...
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: North Carolina icon

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: North Carolina

This BioBlitz is part of a larger effort coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the NP...
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: North Carolina icon

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: North Carolina

This BioBlitz is part of a larger effort coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the NP...
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: Tennessee icon

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: Tennessee

This BioBlitz is part of a larger effort coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the NP...
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: Tennessee icon

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Great Smoky Mountains: Tennessee

This BioBlitz is part of a larger effort coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the NP...
2016 National Parks Bioblitz - NPS Servicewide icon

2016 National Parks Bioblitz - NPS Servicewide

All observations from within a National Park during 2016 will be counted!
appalachian ridge and valley icon

appalachian ridge and valley

find stuff in the great smoky mountains
Aquatic Mammals - Experiencing Life Series icon

Aquatic Mammals - Experiencing Life Series

Mammals found in or always very near water in the Experiencing Life series locations. This includes cetacea...
Arthropods of High Appalachia icon

Arthropods of High Appalachia

Help us inventory the arthropods of high elevation forests in southern Appalachia: Beetles, bugs, spiders, ...
Beetles - Experiencing Life Series icon

Beetles - Experiencing Life Series

Beetles found in the Experiencing Life series locations.
Biodiversity of GSMNP icon

Biodiversity of GSMNP

Tracking biodiversity in GSMNP
Birds - Anseriformes (Waterfowl) of Experiencing Life Series icon

Birds - Anseriformes (Waterfowl) of Experiencing Life Series

Birds in the order Anseriformes found in the Experiencing Life series locations.
Birds - Experiencing Life Series icon

Birds - Experiencing Life Series

Birds found in the Experiencing Life series locations.
Birds - Gaviiformes of Experiencing Life Series icon

Birds - Gaviiformes of Experiencing Life Series

Birds in the order Gaviiformes found in the Experiencing Life series locations.
Birds - Podicipediformes of Experiencing Life Series icon

Birds - Podicipediformes of Experiencing Life Series

Birds in the order Podicipediformes found in the Experiencing Life series locations.
Birds - Strigiformes of Experiencing Life Series icon

Birds - Strigiformes of Experiencing Life Series

Birds in the order Strigiformes found in the Experiencing Life series locations.
clingman's dome icon

clingman's dome

great smokies at thegreat smokies
DLiA Volunteer Field Technician Project icon

DLiA Volunteer Field Technician Project

This is where DLiA Volunteer Field Technicians can add their observations done in GSMNP. We have created th...
dogwoods of tennesee icon

dogwoods of tennesee

discover dogwoods near you
Find Phellopsis icon

Find Phellopsis

Help us find where Phellopsis obcordata is located in Appalachia! It can usually be found on fungal fruitin...
Fishes - Experiencing Life Series icon

Fishes - Experiencing Life Series

Fishes found in the Experiencing Life series locations.
Flora, Fungi, and Fawna of the Appalachian Trail icon

Flora, Fungi, and Fawna of the Appalachian Trail

A geographic filter of all iNaturalist observations encompassing counties the Appalachian Trail goes throug...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Cataloochee, NC icon

Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Cataloochee, NC

Students in the PCEC BIO 140A course (Environmental Biology Lab) will collect data on what organisms they s...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park BioCollective icon

Great Smoky Mountains National Park BioCollective

Here to investigate, explore and enjoy the flora, fauna and living creatures of the Great Smoky​ Mountains ...
Hiking in the Smokies icon

Hiking in the Smokies

This project is a place for those hiking in the Smokies to document biodiversity as they hike the trails.
invasive fish in the smoky mountainns icon

invasive fish in the smoky mountainns

there are lots of invasive fish in the smokies.this project is for these fish
KoernerFest TN iNat Challenge icon

KoernerFest TN iNat Challenge

The challenge is to photograph all the animals (especially) you encounter on our Tennessee vacation, aka Ko...
Land Mammals - Experiencing Life Series icon

Land Mammals - Experiencing Life Series

Mammals found on land in the Experiencing Life series locations. This excludes cetaceans, manatees and pinn...
Milkweeds of the National Park Service icon

Milkweeds of the National Park Service

Help track Milkweeds across the National Park Service!
Missing: Megalodacne icon

Missing: Megalodacne

Please help us find these beautiful beetles! We are interested in comparing different habitat preferences b...
Monarchs of the Smokies icon

Monarchs of the Smokies

Monarch butterflies migrate through the Smokies every fall.
National Parks - Animals icon

National Parks - Animals

Animal observations found within National Parks
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national parks of america

national parks
NPS - Great Smoky Mountains National Park icon

NPS - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Help the NPS observe and identify species at Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Please join the project a...
NPS - Mortality in Parks icon

NPS - Mortality in Parks

This is a curated project to track animal deaths in National Park Service units. Please record observations...
NPS EDRR - Appalachian Highlands Network icon

NPS EDRR - Appalachian Highlands Network

Keep track of priority invasive plants among the NPS I&M networks.
Otter Spotter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park icon

Otter Spotter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Your role: As you're out enjoying the Smokies, post your observations of otters or otter sign (scat and ...
Otter Spotter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park icon

Otter Spotter in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Your role: As you're out enjoying the Smokies, post your observations of otters or otter sign (scat and ...
Otter Spotter: Test Project icon

Otter Spotter: Test Project

Using this project to test iNaturalist functionality
Pollinator Tracker icon

Pollinator Tracker

Observations of pollinators from the National Parks Service during 2016 #Bioblitz20116
Smaller Orders of Insects icon

Smaller Orders of Insects

The orders of insects with fewer species.
Smokies ATBI icon

Smokies ATBI

**How many kinds of life can you spot in the Smokies?** This project is part of the All Taxa Biodiversit...
Smokies ATBI - REI Pigeon Forge icon

Smokies ATBI - REI Pigeon Forge

Project to keep up with REI Pigeon Forge's contributions to Smokies ATBI.
Smoky Mountains Journal icon

Smoky Mountains Journal

Project to document and share observations from the Smoky Mountains
Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2023 icon

Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2023

An "exclusive" project during the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in the GSMNP (SWFP). SWFP participants (pilg...
synchoramonous fireflies of the smokies icon

synchoramonous fireflies of the smokies

these fireflies are only found from late may to mid-June.observe this species in the smokies.
Tremont Institute non-photo ATBI observations icon

Tremont Institute non-photo ATBI observations

This project is a data entry portal for Tremont Institute's 'General Observations' of natural phenomena in ...
World Heritage Natural Site Observations icon

World Heritage Natural Site Observations

World Heritage Natural Sites' observations by iNaturalist observers will be accumulated here. The purpose o...
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Source: National Park Service unit boundaries. (Link)
Boundary source: National Park Service unit boundaries. (Link)