• Approximately 1,500 black bears live in the national park.

    Great Smoky Mountains

    National Park NC,TN

Resource Roundup: Winter, 2009

Issue 6 > Resource Roundup
 
GPS mapping in Elkmont.

High-power GPS units help resource managers & scientists map park locations.

NPS photo.

Click on each Resource Management Program to learn about their current projects.

Air Quality

  • Wet weather
  • Windy weather
  • Spreading the air quality news

Cultural Resources

  • Elkmont in maps

Fire

  • Finishing fall fires

Fisheries

Inventory & Monitoring

  • Data!
  • Mapping new lands
  • Mapping rocks

Vegetation

  • Growing in the greenhouse
  • Data!
  • Plantings up, invasives down
  • Hemlock spraying has started
  • Revegetating the Foothills Parkway
  • Spreading the forest news
  • Beneficial beetles on the loose

Wildlife

  • Elk shot, suspect charged

Return to Dispatches from the Field: Cultural Resources main page.

Did You Know?

Barn at the Mountain Farm Museum at Oconaluftee Visitor Center.

The barn at the Mountain Farm Museum at Oconaluftee Visitor Center is over 50 feet wide and 60 feet long. A modern 2,500 square foot home would fit in the upstairs loft of the barn and over 16,000 hand-split wooden shingles are required to roof it.