Partners

Photo by Charles Wilder

DLIA has received grants and other financial support from these foundations, organizations, and partners.
Thank you for providing the means to accomplish the ATBI!
At right, students work on a long-term beetle collection project in the Park. The project brings together volunteers with students from the University of Tennessee's Educational Talent Search and Louisiana State University.

	Great Smoky National Park
	National Park Service
	Great Smoky Mountains Association
	Friends of the Smokies
	Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
	Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center

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DLIA is funded entirely by donations and grants. Your support today will help keep discovery alive.

Upcoming DLIA/ATBI Events

International Day for Biological Diversity

May 22, 2013

Firefly Viewing

May 31, 2013

Tree Team Twin Creeks Arthropod Sorting

Repeats every month on the third Thursday until Thu Nov 21 2013 .

June 20, 2013

July 18, 2013

August 15, 2013

Species Count

New To Science: 923

New To The Park: 7,636

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Living With Rarity

"...rare species have adapted to cope with life at low densities, in small areas, or in restricted habitats. Unfortunately, wild nature is no longer being left to its own devices, and many species face a tenuous future. Our own species, now shooting past 7 billion and far from rare, faces a different challenge: how to live sustainably without destroying the last strongholds of rarity. For rare species the struggle is to hang on for dear life until, one day, humans gain the wisdom and humility to share nature's kingdom."

From The Kingdom of Rarities (2013, p. 14, Island Press)
Dr. Eric Dinerstein, Chief Scientist with the World Wildlife Fund
Our 2013 ATBI Conference Keynote Speaker