DLiA @ Entomology 2021
Discover Life in America is excited to be participating in the Entomological Society of America annual meeting in Denver! You can help us discover and protect biodiversity in the Smokies! Read on to learn more.
Who we are / What we do
Discover Life in America is a non-profit partner of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Our mission: discovering, understanding, and conserving biological diversity. Since our founding in 1998, we’ve managed the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) in the park, a massive effort to catalog and better understand every single species that lives in the Smokies. Through the ATBI, we partner with the National Park Service, regional and international researchers, community scientists, and volunteers to conduct research in the Smokies, which helps park managers make informed decisions to protect the Smokies’ precious natural resources. We also work to educate our community about the importance of biodiversity in our lives.
Life in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Smokies Species Tally
There are currently 21,198 species documented in GSMNP. This list breaks that number down by taxon and discovery category (species recorded before the ATBI, new species records for the park, and species described from material in the park). Here’s the tally summary we’re displaying at our exhibit hall booth.
ATBI Priority Taxa
We work with our GSMNP partners to develop and maintain this list of the groups of organisms most in need of additional study in the park. Also on the list: what’s needed for each taxon.
Other ATBI resources
Find information about conducting research in GSMNP, where to find ATBI and other Smokies-related resources, and our mini-grants program on our Information for Scientists page.
You can help discover biodiversity in the Smokies!
