Day 6 of Winterfest Wilderness Wildlife week in Pigeon Forge

Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge is till going strong and is rolling onto day 6 on Thursday January 15th with an incredible schedule of lectures and hands on classes.

For the hikers the weather has been cold but the hikes have been fantastic except for a mishap where a hiker broke her ankle in 2 places earlier this week on the MT Le Conte hike.

You can still get information about Winterfest Wilderness Wildlife from 7:00 am - 9:30 pm in the lobby of Music Road Hotel Convention Center and at the end of the hall the Photo and Textiles of the Smokies Exhibit are open from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm.

• 8:30 am - 11:30 am Basic Visual Tracking presented by Joe Kelly


• 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Nature Photography Workshop Don McGowan, Kendall Chiles and Les Saucier


• 8:45 am - 9:45 am Introduction to Musical Instruments in Story and Song with Tony Thomas


• 9:30 am - 10:30 am The Art of Dowsing: Do You Have the Art? By Charlie Monday (Pre-registration is required and is limited to 30 participants)


• 9:30 am - 10:30 am Building Professional Grade Slideshows by Dale Knight


• 10:00 am - 11:00 am Six Months of Hummingbirds in Your Yard with Steve Garr


• 11:00 am - Noon The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier with Arthur McDade


• 11:00 am - Noon Be Careful Out There with Joe Taft


• 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Tennessee Town and Country Scapes with Jack Carman


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Bringing Back a Legend Cougar Recovery in Eastern North America by Jay Tischendorf


• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm A Studio in a Cooler by Jim Eastin


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Where's Mommy? Rehabilitating Wildlife presented by Phyllis Rollins


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm The Fontana Project with Jerry Span


• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm What's in the Camera Bag? Presented by Andrea Shetley


• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Let's Sketch a Bird - Advanced Drawing with Louise Bales (Pre-registration is required and is limited to 20 participants)


• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Meet the Knoxville Zoo Bird Show with Nicki Edwards, Erin Gray, Jill Berry and Elisabeth Zafiris


• 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Creating Sustainable Backyard Habitat for Wildlife with Phyllis Rollins


• 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Hike Twentymile with Jerry Span


• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm The Art of Dowsing: Do You have the Gift? Presented Charlie Monday (Pre-registration is required and is limited to 30 participants)


• 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Wood Carving, Butterfly, Flower - PART 2 with Don Taylor Limited to 8 participants: pre-registration is required Participants must bring own carving knife Continued from Tuesday, 2:00 - 5:00 pm


• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Nature's Magical Moments: Reflection on Nature and Self by Ellen Hitchcock


• 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Digital Photography-Shooting Like a Pro! With Richard Iceland


• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Mountain Families, Lives and Music performed by the Boogertown Gap Band


• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Hills-N-Hollows: An Appalachian Sampler with Mike and Kathy Gwinn


• 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm Hiking and Photography with Robert Schuffert


• 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Music and Memories from an Earlier Time Greenbrier the Whaley Family Singers


• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Young Teddy Roosevelt by Mark Klemestrud


• 6:00 pm Sign ups for Saturday Hikes


• 7:00 pm Slow Jam with Tony Thomas - you can bring Your Own Instrument or simply enjoy and listen


• 7:00 - 7:45 pm The Wood Pickers: Old Time Celtic and Bluegrass Music performed by Jeanie Hilten and Friends


• 7:30 - 9:00 pm Conversations with a Tramp and an Evening with John Muir and Lee Stetson


• 8:30 pm "Lore of the Stars and Moon" with Stuart Carroll and if the Weather permits, the group will go outdoors