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Continental MycoBlitz

  • August 5, 2024
  • Will Kuhn
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Join us on Wednesday, October 16 to participate in a "MycoBlitz" to document and collect fungi for DNA sequencing for the Smokies All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory and the Fall North America Continental MycoBlitz!
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High Elevation Pollinator ‘Blitz

  • March 19, 2024
  • Jaimie Matzko
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Questions? Email our volunteer coordinator, Jaimie Matzko, jaimie@dlia.org
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DNA barcoding confirms firefly species in the park

  • February 15, 2024
  • Jaimie Matzko
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Read it in the “Word from the Smokies” in the Asheville Citizen Times! Anyone who watches murder mystery TV shows or listens to true-crime podcasts has probably heard of the use of DNA analysis in forensic science to exonerate or implicate a suspect. But what if DNA analysis could also […]
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DNA Barcoding Workshop

  • November 27, 2023
  • Jaimie Matzko
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Join us for this informative (and fun!) workshop, where we will be preparing specimens to be sent to be sequenced for DNA barcoding. This is a training opportunity for anyone who is interested in volunteering with DLiA ‘s DNA barcoding project, but is open to anyone wanting to learn about […]
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Cane Creek Canyon BioBlitz

  • September 26, 2023
  • Jaimie Matzko
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Land Trust of North Alabama will host a Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve BioBlitz conducted by Discover Life in America (DLiA), a nonprofit organization out of Tennessee that specializes in biodiversity inventory and conservation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.  A BioBlitz is a citizen science event where participants learn about the plants and animals in […]
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