GeoPDF map of the Park, and help files, now available: Use is recommended for checking inventory coordinates and distances.
**(note: just right-click on these to save them to your local computer)
**Special thanks to GSMNP Cartographic Technician, Ben Zank, for developing this useful tool!
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"...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
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