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

    Great Smoky Mountains

    National Park NC,TN

Current Research Permits - Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites, and Diseases

A salamander awaits Bd testing in Cades Cove.

NPS photo.

USGS researchers caught and tested frogs and salamanders for Bd, an amphibian disease, in Cades Cove.

  • Active surveillance for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Chytridiomycosis) in Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis in the Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee. PI: Phillip Colclough. Study: GRSM-00876. Permit ID: GRSM-2009-SCI-0056. Exp. 12/31/2010 (also listed in Amphibians section)
  • Avian Influenza, Haematozoan, and Ectoparasite Inventory and Monitoring. PI: Paul Super. Study: GRSM-00013. Permit ID: GRSM-2009-SCI-0010. Exp. 12/31/10 (also listed in birds section)
  • Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity in Soils and Waters of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. PI: Sean O'Connell. Study: GRSM-00052. Permit ID: GRSM-2008-SCI-0042. Exp. 12/31/10 (also listed in Water and Soils sections)
  • Characterization of Staphylococci Isolated from Bears in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. PI: John New. Study: GRSM-01012. Permit ID: GRSM-2010-SCI-0028. Exp. 12/31/2010 (also listed in Mammals section)
  • Determination of hypovirulent and virulent isolates of Cryphonectria parasitica collected from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and their Vegetative Compatibility. PI: Richard Baird. Study: GRSM-00397. Permit ID: GRSM-2010-SCI-0002. Exp. 12/31/2012 (also listed in Plants)
  • Ecological Factors Influencing Incidence and Severity of Beech Bark Disease. PI: William MacDonald. Study: GRSM-01040. Permit ID: GRSM-2010-SCI-0068. Exp. 12/31/2011 (also listed in Plant section)
  • Ecology and systematics of drosophilids and associated parasites. PI: Michal Polak. Study: GRSM-00126. Permit ID: GRSM-2008-SCI-0039. Exp. 12/31/10 (also listed in Insects section)
  • Ecology of La Crosse Encephalitis in Western North Carolina – pilot study. PI: Gordon Wasserberg. Study: GRSM-01024. Permit ID: GRSM-2010-SCI-0047. Exp. 12/31/2010 (also listed in Insect section)
  • Evaluation of Select Chestnut Sites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for Putatively Hypovirulent Isolates of Cryphonectria parasitica. PI: William MacDonald. Study: GRSM-01039. Permit ID: GRSM-2010-SCI-0067. Exp. 12/31/2011 (also listed in Plant section)
  • Helminth and Myxozoan Parasites of Fishes of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. PI: Sherman Hendrix. Study: GRSM-01020. Permit ID: GRSM-2010-SCI-0041. Exp. 12/31/2010 (also listed in Fish section)
  • Monitoring important amphibian breeding sites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for potential disease outbreaks. PI: Stephen Nelson. Study: GRSM-01050. Permit ID: GRSM-2010-SCI-0079. Exp. 12/31/2011 (also listed in Amphibian section)
  • Plant viruses in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. PI: Sead Sabanadzovic. Study: GRSM-00421. Permit ID: GRSM-2009-SCI-0079. Exp. 12/31/2010 (also listed in Plants section)

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Did You Know?

Marbled salamanders are one of 30 salamander species native to the park.

There are at least 30 different species of salamanders in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This gives the Smokies the distinction of having the most diverse salamander population anywhere in the world and has earned the park the nickname “Salamander Capital of the World.”