Wilderness Wildlife Week at The Music Road Hotel And Convention Center In The Pigeon Forge TN Day 7

Day 7 of Wilderness Wildlife Week begins in minutes and there is finally no more snow falling in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg Tennessee.

The highlights from today's programs will be Managing the Search Function presented by Joe Kelley, Todd Witcher telling stories from the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory project, and just retired 30 year veteran of the Great Smoky Mountains national park Kim Delozier talking about Bears, Boars and Bulls -30 Years of Wildlife Management in the Smokies. If you can only catch one program, Kim's is the one to experience.

If you are planning on taking any of the free guided hikes today be sure to bundle up and since there is still so much snow around in the park, some of the hikes may be canceled again.

• 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Information Desk Open
• 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Vendor/Exhibit Hall Open
• 9:00 am - 6:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Special Photo Exhibit: Pigeon Forge Fifty Years of Progress in the Cello Room.
• 7:00 am - 11:00 am Managing the Search Function. Presented by: Joe Kelley in the Guitar Room. Study some of the Smokies most famous Search and Rescue operations: Limit 70 must preregister at Information Desk.
• 8:30 am - 10:00 am Bird Songs of the Smokies. Presented by: Mark Dunaway in the Ukelele Room.
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Live Animal Show. Presented by: Silly Safari Show in the Dobro/Harp Room.
• 9:00 am - 10:30 am Learn to Play the Harmonica in the Key of "C". Presented by: Tony Thomas in the Violin Room.
• 10:30 am - 11:30 am Do It Yourself: Building a Backyard Habitat. Presented by: Mark Dunaway in the Harp Room.
• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: "Gear Fitting for Day Hikes". Presented by: Jim Richards in the Dobro Room.
• 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: The Wolves of Bays Mountain. Presented by: Rhonda Goins in the Ukelele Room.
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: The Amazing Diversity of Fall Creek Falls State Park. Presented by: Stuart Carroll in the Violin Room.
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Hiking and Photography Slide Presentation. Presented by: Robert Schuffert in the Guitar Room.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Why Here and Not There? Presented by Carolyn Templeton and Kent Cave in the Dobro Room. A discussion of the differences between National Parks, National Forests, National Scenic Rivers, National Monuments, National Battlefields, National Cemeteries and National Recreation Areas.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Baby Songbirds in Your Yard! Presented by: Regina Garr in the Harp Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Unusual Camping Tricks and Gizmos. Presented by: Larry "Coyote" Smith in the Ukelele Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: The Smokies Amazing Stories on the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. Presented by: Todd Witcher in the Guitar Room.
• 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm KIDS TRACK WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Young Artists Coloring Sessions in the Breakfast Room. Limit 20. 12 years old and under must preregister at the Information Table.
• 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Beginning Mountain Dulcimer. Presented by: Deby Libby, Ginny Cliett and Linda Smith in the Violin Room. Limit 25 students must preregister at Information Desk. There will be a limited amount of dulcimers available best to bring own. Observers welcome.
• 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Down By the Old Mill Stream Slide presentation. Presented by: Mike Meldrum in the Harp Room.
• 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Lakes, Lighthouses and Landscapes of the North Woods Slide presentation. Presented by: Kendall Chiles in the Dobro Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: National Wildlife Refuges of Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi. Presented by: Jim Wigginton in the Ukelele Room.
• 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Learn To Play the Washboard, Spoons and Fiddle Sticks with the Boggertown Gap Band in the Breakfast Room. Limit 12 participants must preregister at Information table.
• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Challenger Opens Doors? Presented by Bob Hatcher in the Violin/Guitar Room.
• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Bears, Boars and Bulls: Thirty Years of Wildlife Management in the Smokies. Presented by: Kim Delozier in the Harp Room.
• 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm UPDATED WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Walking in the Beauty of the Natural World Slide presentation. Presented by: Don McGowan in the Dobro Room.
• 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Wings of America. Presented by: American Eagle Foundation in the Violin/Guitar Room.
• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Some Winter Birds of the Smokies. Presented by: Dr. Fred Alsop in the Harp Room.
• 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Wonders of Wildflowers Slide presentation. Presented by: Brad Jones in the Ukelele Room.
• 6:30 pm Slow Jam. Presented by: Tony Thomas in the Guitar Room. Bring your own instrument or simply plan to enjoy and listen.
• 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Wild Hog Management. Presented by: David Whitehead in the Violin Room.
• 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: America's Diverse Landscape Slide presentation. Presented by: Chuck Summers in the Dobro/Harp Room.
• 8:00 pm NEW WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WEEK PROGRAM: Out Under the Sky-Harvey Broom and the Tennessee Beginnings of the Wilderness Society. Presented by: Charles Maynard in the Dobro/Harp Room.