Program Schedule

Programs are arranged by date and time with some programs lasting all day. Each description includes information on congregation points, walking distances, hiking difficulties, and registration limits. Driving times listed are from W. L. Mills Conference Center in Gatlinburg, TN to the meeting site.

Programs congregating at trailheads or other sites in the park will require participants to arrange their own transportation. Other programs will congregate at W. L. Mills Conference Center where trolleys will provide free transportation to trailheads for Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage participants upon presentation of official event nametags. Limited parking is available at many of the trailheads—participants are strongly encouraged to utilize the complimentary trolley service.

	Morning		Afternoon		All Day
	Indoor		Outdoor		NPS		NC		Vans		No Reg.Fee

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Program:	Start Date Time:	End Date Time:	Title:
1	04/22/2009, 7:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Birding for the Experienced
2	04/22/2009, 7:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Birding for the Novice
3	04/22/2009, 8:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Terrestrial Insect Walk
4	04/22/2009, 8:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Wildflower Walk: Ash Hopper Branch
5	04/22/2009, 8:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Wildflowers of the Cove Hardwood Nature Trail
6	04/22/2009, 8:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Fern Walk: The Sinks
7	04/22/2009, 8:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Wildflower Walk: Porters Creek Trail
8	04/22/2009, 8:30 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Civilian Conservation Corp in the Great Smokies
9	04/22/2009, 8:45 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Wildflower Hike: Chestnut Top Trail
10	04/22/2009, 8:45 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Trees of the Smokies near Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
11	04/22/2009, 11:30 AM	04/22/2009 , 1:00 PM	Welcoming Luncheon
12	04/22/2009, 1:15 PM	04/22/2009 , 2:45 PM	Woodland Spring ﾖ Carol Liguori Wolfe, Ecologist, Science Writer, Photographer
13	04/22/2009, 1:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Going Natural in the Garden
14	04/22/2009, 1:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Walk: Noah "Bud" Ogle Trail
15	04/22/2009, 1:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Black Bear and Wild Hog Hike
16	04/22/2009, 1:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Moss Walk along Injun Creek Trail in Greenbrier
17	04/22/2009, 1:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Salamander Foray from Low to High Elevation
18	04/22/2009, 1:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Tree and Shrub Identification Walk
19	04/22/2009, 1:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Beginner's Photographic Workshop
20	04/22/2009, 1:45 PM	04/22/2009 , 5:15 PM	The Walker Sisters' Cabin and Little Greenbrier School
21	04/22/2009, 1:45 PM	04/22/2009 , 5:15 PM	History Walk: Porters Creek Trail
22	04/22/2009, 1:45 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:15 PM	Cascades and Wildflower Walk along Lynn Camp Prong
23	04/22/2009, 1:45 PM	04/22/2009 , 5:15 PM	Wildflowers of West Prong Trail
24	04/22/2009, 2:00 PM	04/22/2009 , 5:00 PM	Wildflower Walk: Oconaluftee River Trail
25	04/22/2009, 3:00 PM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Folklore Ila Hatter, 21 years as Pilgrimage hike leader, Interpretive Naturalist & Wildcrafter
26	04/22/2009, 7:30 AM	04/22/2009 , 6:00 PM	Backcountry Wildflower Hike: Benton MacKaye and Mountains-to-the-Sea loop
27	04/22/2009, 8:30 AM	04/22/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Road Prong Trail
28	04/22/2009, 5:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 7:00 PM	Featured Wildflower Artist Reception
29	04/22/2009, 7:30 PM	04/22/2009 , 8:30 PM	Climate Change and Global Warming
30	04/23/2009, 8:00 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Quiet Walkway
31	04/23/2009, 8:00 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Baskins Creek Trail
32	04/23/2009, 8:15 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Noah "Bud" Ogle Trail
33	04/23/2009, 8:15 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Beginner's Photographic Workshop
34	04/23/2009, 8:15 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Tree and Shrub Identification Walk
35	04/23/2009, 8:15 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Sugarland Valley's History and Mystery
36	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Fern Walk: Greenbrier Cove
37	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Ash Hopper Branch
38	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Black Bear and Wild Hog Walk
39	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Cove Hardwood Nature Trail
40	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Native Peoples use of Nature's Garden
41	04/23/2009, 8:45 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Chestnut Top Trail
42	04/23/2009, 10:00 AM	04/23/2009 , 11:30 AM	Lost Proofing ﾖ Wanda DeWaard, Naturalist; Recreation & Environmental Education
43	04/23/2009, 1:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 2:30 PM	Bird Watching ﾖ Liz Domingue, Wildlife/Conservation Biologist, Author, Photographer
44	04/23/2009, 1:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Herb Lore of Appalachia
45	04/23/2009, 1:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Noisy Creek Falls
46	04/23/2009, 1:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Identification for Beginners
47	04/23/2009, 1:15 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Terrestrial Insects Walk
48	04/23/2009, 1:15 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Salamander Motorcade in the Smokies
49	04/23/2009, 1:45 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Sugarlands Branch to Ash Hopper Branch
50	04/23/2009, 1:30 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Cultural History of Elkmont
51	04/23/2009, 1:30 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Waterbears, Slime Molds, Ant Lions and other Wonders of the Micro and Macro World
52	04/23/2009, 1:30 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Cucumber Gap Trail
53	04/23/2009, 1:30 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Moss Walk along Injun Creek Trail in Greenbrier
54	04/23/2009, 1:45 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Appalachian Trail
55	04/23/2009, 1:45 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Walk: Kanati Fork Trail
56	04/23/2009, 3:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Sensational Salamanders ﾖ Liz Domingue, Wildlife/Conservation Biologist, Author, Photographer
57	04/23/2009, 8:00 AM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Birding and Wildflower Motorcade to Newfound Gap
58	04/23/2009, 8:00 AM	04/23/2009 , 5:30 PM	Backcountry Wildflower Hike: Mt. LeConte
59	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Porters Creek Trail
60	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Meigs Creek & Curry Mtn. trails Loop
61	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Old Settlers Trail
62	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Old-growth Forests of the Smokies
63	04/23/2009, 8:30 AM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Grapeyard Ridge Trail
64	04/23/2009, 8:45 AM	04/23/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Thomas Divide to Kanati Fork
65	04/23/2009, 9:00 AM	04/23/2009 , 3:00 PM	The History of Cades Cove motorcade
66	04/23/2009, 5:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 7:15 PM	Smokies Life Magazine Reception and Celebration
67	04/23/2009, 7:30 PM	04/23/2009 , 8:30 PM	Keepers of History -- An Evening with Smokies Historians Margaret Lynn Brown, Michael Frome, and Daniel Pierce
68	04/23/2009, 8:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 9:30 PM	Nighttime Natural History Walk
69	04/23/2009, 8:00 PM	04/23/2009 , 9:30 PM	Nighttime Spider Walk: Twin Creeks Area
70	04/24/2009, 7:00 AM	04/24/2009 , 8:00 AM	Morning Bird Walk
71	04/24/2009, 8:00 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Courthouse Rock
72	04/24/2009, 8:00 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Quiet Walkway
73	04/24/2009, 8:15 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Noah "Bud" Ogle Trail
74	04/24/2009, 8:15 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Birding and Wildflower Motorcade to Newfound Gap
75	04/24/2009, 8:15 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Black Bear and Wild Hog Walk
76	04/24/2009, 8:15 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Sketching
77	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Fern Walk: Little River above Elkmont
78	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Identification for Beginners
79	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Forest Foods and Pharmacy
80	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Old Settlers Trail
81	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Algae and Other Aquatic Organisms
82	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Restoration of Wetlands Habitat in the GSMNP
83	04/24/2009, 8:45 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Appalachian Trail
84	04/24/2009, 10:00 AM	04/24/2009 , 11:30 AM	The Depression Era in the Smokies in Story & Song - Ted Olson
85	04/24/2009, 1:00 PM	04/24/2009 , 2:30 PM	Go Green with Moss! ﾖ Mossinﾒ Annie (Annie Martin) Mountain Moss Enterprises http://www.mountainmoss.com/
86	04/24/2009, 1:00 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Walk the Medicinal Path
87	04/24/2009, 1:00 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Baskins Creek Trail
88	04/24/2009, 1:15 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Bugs and Butterflies Walk
89	04/24/2009, 1:15 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Motorcade: Clingmans Dome
90	04/24/2009, 1:15 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:45 PM	Homestead History of Old Sugarlands and the CCC Camp
91	04/24/2009, 1:15 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Photography Workshop
92	04/24/2009, 1:15 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Tree and Shrub Identification Walk
93	04/24/2009, 1:30 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Cove Hardwood Nature Trail
94	04/24/2009, 1:30 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Native Peoples use of Nature's Garden
95	04/24/2009, 1:45 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Sugarlands Branch to Ash Hopper Branch
96	04/24/2009, 1:45 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:00 PM	Salamanders at Chestnut Branch
97	04/24/2009, 1:45 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:00 PM	Wildflower Hike: Chestnut Top Trail
98	04/24/2009, 1:45 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:00 PM	Moss Walk: Alum Cave Trail
99	04/24/2009, 1:45 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:00 PM	Fungal Roles in Forest Ecology
100	04/24/2009, 2:00 PM	04/24/2009 , 6:30 PM	Wildflowers and History
101	04/24/2009, 3:00 PM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	The Mystery & Magic of Monarchs ﾖ Wanda DeWaard, Naturalist; Recreation & Environmental Education
102	04/24/2009, 8:15 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Birding and Wildflower Motorcade to Cades Cove
103	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Fighting Creek Gap to Metcalf Bottoms
104	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Cucumber Gap Trail
105	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Porters Creek Trail
106	04/24/2009, 8:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Ramsey Cascades Trail
107	04/24/2009, 8:45 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Backcountry Wildflower Hike: Deep Creek Trails and Fork Ridge
108	04/24/2009, 8:45 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Thomas Divide to Kanati Fork
109	04/24/2009, 8:45 AM	04/24/2009 , 6:00 PM	Wildflower Hike: New Found Gap to Charlies Bunion
110	04/24/2009, 9:30 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Abrams Falls Trail
111	04/24/2009, 10:00 AM	04/24/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflowers along Long Bunk, Mt. Sterling, and Little Cataloochee Trails
112	04/24/2009, 6:00 PM	04/24/2009 , 7:15 PM	Artisan Awards Ceremony
113	04/24/2009, 7:30 PM	04/24/2009 , 8:30 PM	Butterflies and Wildflowers: Beauty, Grace and Drama" by Jeffrey Glassberg
114	04/24/2009, 7:30 PM	04/24/2009 , 9:30 PM	Nighttime Bat Walk: Twin Creeks Area
115	04/25/2009, 7:00 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wood Warblers of The Smokies
116	04/25/2009, 8:00 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Noisy Creek Falls
117	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Noah "Bud" Ogle Trail
118	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind: Birds, Bees, Beetles, and Wind Pollinators
119	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Black Bear and Wild Hog Walk
120	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Tree and Shrub Identification Walk
121	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Sketching
122	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Spider Walk: Sugarlands Area
123	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Ash Hopper Branch
124	04/25/2009, 8:15 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Photography Workshop
125	04/25/2009, 8:30 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Little River above Elkmont
126	04/25/2009, 8:30 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Cucumber Gap Trail
127	04/25/2009, 8:30 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Moss Walk: Little River above Elkmont
128	04/25/2009, 8:30 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Native Peoples use of Nature's Garden
129	04/25/2009, 8:30 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Walk: Porters Creek Trail
130	04/25/2009, 8:45 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Wildflower Hike: Chestnut Top Trail
131	04/25/2009, 10:00 AM	04/25/2009 , 11:30 AM	Appalachian Trailﾅ A Walk for Sunshine - Jeff Alt
132	04/25/2009, 1:00 PM	04/25/2009 , 2:30 PM	Update on Mountain Lions in the Smokies - Don Linzey
133	04/25/2009, 1:00 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildcrafting Walk
134	04/25/2009, 1:00 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Fern Walk: Little River above Elkmont
135	04/25/2009, 1:15 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Aquatic Insects Walk
136	04/25/2009, 1:15 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Exotic Plant and Wildflower Walk: Old Sugarlands
137	04/25/2009, 1:15 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Motorcade: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
138	04/25/2009, 1:15 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Walk: Grassy Branch in Twin Creeks Area
139	04/25/2009, 1:30 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Porters Creek Trail
140	04/25/2009, 1:30 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Cove Hardwood Nature Trail
141	04/25/2009, 1:45 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Sugarlands Branch to Ash Hopper Branch
142	04/25/2009, 1:45 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Walk: Kanati Fork Trail
143	04/25/2009, 3:00 PM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier ﾖ Butch McDade GSMNP Park Ranger
144	04/25/2009, 8:00 AM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Big Trees Hike: Albright Grove
145	04/25/2009, 8:30 AM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Fungi, Lichen, and Wildflower Hike: Ramsey Cascades Trail
146	04/25/2009, 8:45 AM	04/25/2009 , 5:30 PM	Plant Taxonomy Workshop: White Oak Sinks
147	04/25/2009, 8:45 AM	04/25/2009 , 5:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Sweat Heifer Trail to Kephart Prong
148	04/25/2009, 8:45 AM	04/25/2009 , 5:30 PM	Backcountry Wildflower Hike: Deep Creek
149	04/25/2009, 9:00 AM	04/25/2009 , 4:30 PM	Wildflower Hike: Gabes Mountain Trail
150	04/25/2009, 10:00 AM	04/25/2009 , 2:00 PM	Butterflies and Wildflowers: Led by Jeffrey Glassberg
151	04/25/2009, 10:00 AM	04/25/2009 , 4:00 PM	Salamander Foray along the Road Prong Trail from High to Mid-elevations
152	04/26/2009, 9:00 AM	04/26/2009 , 4:30 PM	Old Growth Forest in Greenbrier.
155	04/22/2009, 7:00 AM	04/22/2009 , 11:00 AM	Upgrade from 1 day to all week