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The AHSLC could not achieve the educational and philanthropic work in our parks without our partners. Below is a current list of our current park partners:
Discover Life in America
Discover Life in America is a non-profit organization based in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Our goal is to learn all we can about the estimated 60,000+ kinds of organisms living in the Smokies and to share that information with the public.
Our flagship project is the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). A joint effort with Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the ATBI is a concentrated effort to identify and catalog every single species living in the Park. It is the first effort of its kind and has become a model for such biodiversity censuses.
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont's mission is to deliver experiential learning for youth, educators, and adults through programs that promote self-discovery, critical thinking, and effective teaching and leadership.
Friends of the Smokies
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park assists the National Park Service in its mission to preserve and protect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by raising funds and public awareness, and providing volunteers for needed projects. Total funds raised in support of Great Smoky Mountains National Park surpasses $50 million in 2016 during the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. In 2020, Friends hit the $70 million mark.
Great Smoky Mountains Association
Great Smoky Mountains Association is a nonprofit cooperating association, and as such is one of the National Park Service’s oldest and most enduring partnerships. The primary purpose of GSMA is to support the scientific, historical and interpretive activities of Great Smoky Mountains National Park by providing educational products and services to park visitors. The success of this partnership is determined by GSMA’s ability to work cooperatively in a responsive way to meet the changing needs of the park and its visitors.
Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway
Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway is a nonprofit organization comprised of businesses, communities and individuals that believe in our mission to serve visitors along the scenic corridor of Shenandoah National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. BRPA members span communities in the tri-state region of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and beyond, working together across state lines to provide traveler information to visitors to the region.
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership connects cultural, heritage, and tourism organizations in the North Carolina mountains and foothills to foster heritage preservation, promote the region to visitors, and achieve sustainable economic development.
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation meets a wide variety of parkway needs every day. They collaborate closely with the park and a community of stewards to ensure maximum flexibility and impact of each donor dollar whether donor interests are in education, environmental and resource protection, visitor facilities, or cultural heritage.
Last updated: July 1, 2023