Day Trip Seventeen

• Class at the Smoky Mountain Field School

Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

The Smoky Mountain Field School was founded as a cooperative relationship between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Their goal is to enhance public appreciation, understanding and stewardship of the Park and the natural world through various classes.  I used to believe this was a Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont function, but Tremont is just one of many places where these classes are held.  I lifted the 2014 class schedule from their website to give you an idea of the range of seminars. This is just a small portion of the classes they offer.  For ten years I’ve wanted to take the Edible and Poisonous Fungi of the Smokies and Mosses and Liverworts of the Smokies, but every time they have been offered it’s an all day Saturday class, usually in October, which is peak season here.  Maybe when I retire, and no, don’t worry about me using anything for breakfast other than the mushrooms that come from the grocery store!

Title	Code	Begins	Fee
Introduction to Fly-casting & Fly-fishing	14SU931-1	08/16/14	59.00
Edible and Poisonous Fungi of the Smokies	14SU858	08/23/14	59.00
Getting to Know Our “6-Legged Friends”	14SU808	08/23/14	59.00
Introduction to Spin-Casting and Spin-Fishing	14SU873	08/23/14	59.00
Historical Tours with Heartland’s Bill Landry-Overhill Cherokees at Sequoyah Birthplace Museum	14SU871-2	08/30/14	59.00
Incredible Edibles and Traditional Medicinals	14SU881-1	08/30/14	59.00
Photography for Naturalists	14SU907	08/30/14	59.00
Exploring Bluff Mountain	14FA890	09/13/14	59.00
Introduction to Map and Compass	14FA893	09/13/14	59.00
Understanding the Black Bear	14FA940	09/13/14	59.00
Advanced Use of Map and Compass	14FA896	09/14/14	59.00
Fall Wildflowers – A Cades Cove Bounty	14FA898	09/20/14	59.00
Appalachian Trail Day Hike: Clingmans Dome to Siler Bald Shelter	14FA885	09/27/14	59.00
Butterflies and Flutterbies	14FA894	10/05/14	59.00
Incredible Edibles and Traditional Medicinals	14FA881	10/11/14	59.00
Two Night Backpack Loop Adventure(Closed)*	14FA916	10/16/14	155.00
Bears of the Smokies	14FA861	10/18/14	59.00
Introduction to Orienteering	14FA867	10/18/14	59.00
Advanced Wilderness Orienteering	14FA867-1	10/19/14	59.00
Canoe Exploration of Calderwood Lake	14FA826	10/25/14	59.00
Fall Nature Photography	14FA904	10/25/14	65.00
Birding in the Smokies	14FA851	11/01/14	59.00
Mt. LeConte Hike and Overnight in the Lodge(Closed)*	14FA857	11/01/14	185.00
Winter Tree Identification	14FA903	11/01/14	59.00
Elkmont – Transition and Change	14FA938	11/08/14	59.00