Schedule for Day 5 of Wilderness Wildlife Week 2015 in Pigeon Forge Tennessee Smokies

It is a bright cold clear day as day 5 of Wilderness Wildlife Week 2015 is about to start at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge to a packed house. The scenery in the Great Smoky Mountains national park with yesterday's fresh snow may be beautiful, but this is another day not all of the guided hikes may be able to take place again.

Just minutes ago the Gatlinburg Bypass was plowed and sanded enough to reopen As Little River Road and Newfound Gap Road remain closed due to snow and ice, but here inside the LeConte Center on Teaster Lane it's warm and cozy and the free programs taking place all day would keep any outdoor enthusiast satisfied enough to stay inside.

Today’s packed Wilderness Wildlife Week schedule includes such favorites as another limited class on The Art of Dowsing being presented by Charlie Monday, the Appalachian Music Concert. Presented by Carolina Bluegrass Boys and Appalachian Cloggers and Hiking the 900 miles of Trails in the GSMNP presented by Judy Bryant.

Wed, January 28th 2015 Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule

• 9 to 10am: Restoring the Whooping Crane to the Eastern Flyway Slide Presentation. Presented by Ken Dubke. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 9 to 10am: Hosting Hummingbirds. Presented by Regina Garr. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall C.
   
• 9 to 10am: LIMITED SPACE! The Art of Dowsing. Presented by Charlie Monday. Limit 30. Participants join Charlie to see if they have the gift of dowsing. Taking place in the Bob Hatcher Memorial Room.
   
• 9 – Noon: LIMITED SPACE! Painting a Smoky Mountain Waterfall. Presented by Dick Ensing. Limit 16, ages 18+. Taking place in the Bob Kolb Memorial Room.
   
• 9:30 to 10:30am: History of Bays Mountain Park. Presented by Rhonda Goins and taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 10 to 11am: HERITAGE! Flyin’ Bullets and the Resplendent Badge. Presented by Ersa Rhea Noland Smith. Join Mrs. Smith as she shares the riveting account of her father, Sheriff Ray C. Noland’s years in office in Sevier County. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 3.
   
• 10 to 11am: Wonderful Waterfalls Slide Presentation. Presented by Bill Carter. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall A.
   
• 10 to 11am: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Hiking Mt. Whitney in One Day. Presented by Jim Pader. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall B.
   
• 10 to 11:30am: KIDS’ TRACK! LIMITED SPACE! Booger: A Tall Tale of the Mountains. Presented by Mary Phillips. Limit 60, ages 5-10. Participants join Mary as she tells the story of about a firefly, a boy named Booger and his faithful cat, Stinker. Kids learn to use the Great Smoky Mountain Wildflower guide book. Program meets curriculum standards for science, literature, life skills and art. Taking place in the South Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 10 to 11:30am: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! LIMITED SPACE! Ancient Rhythms: Learn to Play the Native American Flute. Presented by Megan Griffin. Limit 30, must bring own flute. If participants do not have one, educational Native American flutes can be purchased for a small fee from Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s booth. Taking place in the LeConte Hall North.
   
• 10:30 to 11:30am: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! How to Start an Herb Garden. Presented by Judy Felts. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 10:30 to 11:30am: The Spirits of Cades Cove Video Presentation. Presented by GSMNP Park Ranger Mike Meldrum. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall C.
   
• 11 to 11:30am: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! 900 Miles and Then Some: Hiking the Trails of GSMNP. Presented by Judy Bryant. Join Judy as she discusses keeping a hiking journal and answers questions about hiking all the maintained trails of GSMNP. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 11 – Noon: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! LIMITED SPACE! Paint Your Own Watercolor Notecards. Presented by Melanie Fetterolf. Limited to 15 people ages 12+. Taking place in the Bob Hatcher Memorial Room.
   
• 11:30 to 12:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Horace Kephart Monologue. Presented by Will Rabert. Join Will as he portrays Horace Kephart, author of "Our Southern Highlanders," hiker and explorer of the Smokies, as well as a founder of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 3.
   
• 11:30 to 12:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Restoring the Mighty American Chestnut to its Native Range. Presented by Tom Saielli. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall A.
   
• 11:30 to 12:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Off the Beaten Path: An Up-close Look at the Obed Wild and Scenic River National Park. Presented by Veronica Greear. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall B.
   
• 11:30 to 12:30pm: Appalachian Music Concert. Presented by Carolina Bluegrass Boys and Appalachian Cloggers. Attendees will enjoy this special bluegrass performance and have fun by getting up and clogging with the Appalachian Cloggers! Taking place in the LeConte Hall South.
   
• Noon to 1pm: Audubon and His Birds of America. Presented by Stephen Lyn Bales. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall C.
   
• Noon to 2pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! LIMITED SPACE! Carving and Painting an Owl, Part Two. Presented by Don Taylor. Limited to 10 people, two day session. Participants must bring own sharp carving tools and paint brushes. Taking place in the South Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 12:30 to 1:30pm: HERITAGE! The Story of Greenbrier Cove. Presented by Glenn Cardwell. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 12:30 to 1:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! LIMITED SPACE! Whittle a Mountain Flower. Presented by Jacki Proffitt. Limited to 10 people ages 16+ who must bring own sharpened pocket knife. Taking place in the Bob Hatcher Memorial Room.
   
• 12:30 to 1:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! LIMITED SPACE! Making a Hand Broom for Decoration. Presented by David Ogle. Limited to 10 people ages 16+. Taking place in the Bob Kolb Memorial Room.
   
• 12:30 to 1:30pm: Never to Young, Never Too Old. Presented by W.C. and Glenna Julian and Tammie and Olivia Browning. Join the Julians and Brownings as they discuss how no one is ever to young or too old to work on a backyard habitat. They will also provide encouragement for attendees to certify their backyards with National Wildlife. Taking place in the South Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 1 to 2pm: To Niagara and Back by Waterfall Slide Presentation. Presented by Bill Carter. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 1 to 2pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! HERITAGE! Books, Blue Jeans and Basketball. Presented by a Panel featuring Gwendell Cody, Donna Allen and Ron Rader with Veta King, Pigeon Forge Public Library, interviewer. Join former Pigeon Forge Grammar School students as they reminisce about the old white building on the hill. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 3.
   
• 1 to 2pm: HERITAGE! Smoky Mountain Ballads and Songs. Presented by Boogertown Gap a YourSmokies favorite. Taking place in the LeConte Hall South.
   
• 1 to 2:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Walking the Via Tolosana and More in France. Presented by Olga Pader. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall B.
   
• 1:30 to 2:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Adventures of an African Game Ranger. Presented by Don Richards. Join Don as he shares stories of personal adventures while leading wilderness trails in big game country of South Africa. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall A.
   
• 1:30 to 2:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Sail On, Honeybee: Adventures in the Bee Yard. Presented by Doug Elliott. Join master storyteller, harmonica wizard and longtime beekeeper Doug Elliott as he tells outlandish tales from the world of bees and beekeeping. Learn from Doug practical advice on how to treat a bee sting, catch a bee swarm and also what to do if you are way up high in a tree and 50,000 bees fall on your head! Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall C.
   
• 2 to 3pm: It’s Puppy Time at Bays Mountain. Presented by Rick and Rhonda Goins. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 2 to 3pm: LIMITED SPACE! The Art of Dowsing presented by Charlie Monday. Limit to 30 Participants who will join Charlie to see if they have the gift of dowsing. Taking place in the Bob Kolb Memorial Room.
   
• 2 to 3pm: KIDS’ TRACK! LIMITED SPACE! Garbage Pizza. Presented by Keep Sevier Beautiful. Limited to 25 people ages 8+ who will learn about solid waste disposable options comparing Sevier County to the United States. Taking place in the Bob Hatcher Memorial Room.
   
• 2 to 3pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! KIDS’ TRACK! Natural Treasures of the Obed: Use Your Senses to Discover Natural Features of the Park. Presented by Veronica Greear. Taking place in the South Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 2:30 to 3:30pm: HERITAGE! History of the Old Mill District: From the Original Settler to the Present Day: Jimmy Edge. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 3.
   
• 2:30 to 3:30pm: String Band Music of Our American Roots. Presented by Lost Mill String Band. Taking place in the LeConte Hall South.
   
• 3 to 4pm: Ranger Family Recollections. Presented by Joe Kelley and Sons. Join Joe and his sons as they share experiences of life in a ranger station. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 3 to 4pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! HERITAGE! The History and the Stories of the Cherokee in the Smokies. Presented by Jon Elder. Join Jon, a fifth generation Sevier County resident and member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, as he shares the history and some Indian folklore of the earliest inhabitants of the Smoky Mountains. From the earliest traces of the Cherokee presence to the first encounters with Europeans to the removal and rebirth of the Eastern Cherokee tribe, Jon will share his family history and stories of growing up "on both sides of the mountain." Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall A.
   
• 3 to 4pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! The Birds of Prey: History and Biology of a Variety of Live Birds and Prey. Presented by David Haggard. Live birds including a Bald Eagle, hawks and owls. Meet and learn about these fascinating birds! Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall B.
   
• 3 to 4pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Adventure Course Team building at Bays Mountain Park. Presented by Mark Kilgore. Join Mark as he discusses the Bays Mountain Park Adventure Course and what elements it has to offer and how they work on teamwork, leadership, trust and stamina. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall C.
   
• 3:30 to 4:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Life Circle of Butterflies. Presented by Lois Worthington. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 3:30 to 4:30pm: KIDS’ TRACK! LIMITED SPACE! Pioneer and Historical Toys. Presented by Roy Henson. Limited to 20 participants ages 10+ who will join Roy as he instructs them on how to make historical style toys pioneers would have had in days gone by. Taking place in the Bob Hatcher Memorial Room.
   
• 3:30 to 4:30pm: Learn to Play Spoons and Washtub Bass. Limited to Boogertown Gap. Taking place in the South Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 4 to 5pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! HERITAGE! Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Historic Photographs. Presented by Steve Cotham. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 3.
   
• 4 to 5pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Gardens, Weeds and John Barleycorn: Celebrating the Culture in Agriculture. Limited to Doug Elliott. Join master storyteller, harmonica wizard Doug Elliott as he celebrates all things agriculture related in story and song. Taking place in the LeConte Hall South.
   
• 4 to 5:30pm: LIMITED SPACE! Drawing to Identify Trees. Presented by Maurice Edwards and William Hurst. Limit 12 participants ages 18+ who will join a professional botanist and an artist to draw tree parts toward the goal of species identification. Bring own art supplies and plant material or use instructors’ pencils, paper and subject matter. Taking place in the South Multi-Purpose Room 1.
   
• 4:30 to 5:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! HERITAGE! The Cemeteries of the Smokies. Presented by Dr. Gail Palmer. Join Dr. Palmer as she discusses the various cemeteries of the Smokies. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 4:30 to 5:30pm: HERITAGE! The Civilian Conservation Corps: FDR’s Tree Army. Presented by Bill Deitzer. Join Bill as he discusses the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) which built several of our national parks including the Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks. Bill will cover the why, the who and the results of this unique corps of 1930’s young men. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall B.
   
• 4:30 to 5:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Conservation of America’s Birds: History and Modern Issues. Presented by Dana Ripper. Join Dana as she discusses extinct native birds and the conservation issues facing birds today. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall B.
   
• 4:30 to 5:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! How Bear Cubs Learn to Be Bears. Presented by Kathy Sherrard. Join Kathy as she illustrates the differences of black bear cubs living in the wild to those rehabilitated at Appalachian Bear Rescue. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall C.
   
• 4:30 to 6pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! LIMITED SPACE! Workshop for Teachers to Utilize Storytelling and Booger’s Tall Tales in the Classroom. Presented by Mary Phillips. Limit 30. Taking place in the Bob Kolb Memorial Room.
   
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• 5 to 6pm: LIMITED SPACE! Beginners Acoustic Guitar Workshop. Presented by Tony Thomas. Limit to 10 participants must bring own acoustic guitar. Taking place in the South Multi-Purpose Room 2.
   
• 5:30 to 6:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! HERITAGE! The Blue Mountains Sing of Rivers, Old Men, Trails, and Trout. Presented by Ron Rader. Join Ron, a Pigeon Forge native son, and hear his boyhood chronicles as he and his friends come of age in the 1940s and 1950s era as they roam in yesteryear’s Pigeon Forge, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Elkmont and beyond. Taking place in the North Multi-Purpose Room 3.
   
• 5:30 to 6:30pm: Appalachian Music Concert. Presented by Carolina Bluegrass Boys and Appalachian Cloggers. Attendees will enjoy this special bluegrass performance and can even get up and clog with the Appalachian Cloggers! Taking place in the LeConte Hall South.
   
• 6pm: Friday Hikes and Field Trips Sign-ups in the Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall A.
   
• 6:30 to 7:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Giving Bears a Second Chance: Rehabbing Black Bears. Presented by Coy Blair. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall B.
   
• 7:30pm: NEW Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! HERITAGE! The History of the University of Tennessee’s Internationally-Recognized "Body Farm". Presented by Dr. Bill Bass. Join Dr. Bass as he discusses the history of the original "Body Farm" founded at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Taking place in the Greenbrier Hall C.