Wilderness Wildlife Week Day 4 Schedule for Tuesday, January 15 2013 in Pigeon Forge Smoky Mountains

It is now day 4 of the Smoky Mountains Wilderness Wildlife Week taking place in Pigeon Forge Tennessee and boy is there a packed schedule, although the weather and road conditions are not cooperating so some of the hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains national park may have to be cancelled.

For example, as per the Great Smoky Mountains national park twitter feed @GSMNP, Upper Tremont Road is closed to all traffic due to high water as well as Sparks Lane and Forge Creek Road in Cades Cove.

Even if you can only stay inside today, today is a great day to be inside in the Smokies as Wilderness Wildlife Week continues is the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center.

• 8:30am - 9:30am: Green Power Switch / Generation Partners: Lucas Harkleroad and taking place in the Harp Room
• 9:00am - 9:30am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Wiley Oakley Portrayal. Presented by: Tyler W. King who will share his love of mountain heritage through the stories of Smoky Mountain Guide, Wiley Oakley. Taking place in the Ukulele Room
• 9:00am - 10:00am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: The Good News! 40 Years with Tennessee Nesting Osprey. Presented by: Ken Dubke and taking place in the Violin Room
• 9:30am - 10:30am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: 2012 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim. Presented by: Bill Deitzer and Bob Turney and taking place in the Dobro Room
• 9:30am - 10:30am: Mountain Marvels: Waterfalls of the Southern Appalachians Slide Presentation (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky). Presented by: Bill Carter and taking place in the Guitar Room
• 10:00am - 11:00am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: It’s Puppy Time: Bays Mountain Cubs. Presented by: Rhonda and Rick Goins and taking place in the Harp Room
• 10:00am - 11:00am: Mr. Herbert Clabo Tells Stories of Old Gatlinburg. Presented by: Herbert Clabo with Veta King and taking place in the Ukulele Room
• 10:30am - 11:30am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: The Garden Unseen Video Presentation. Presented by: Dr. Alan S. Heilman and taking place in the Violin Room
• 11:00am - Noon: Kids Program. Wild World of Animals. Presented by: Knoxville Zoo's Zoomobileand taking place in the Dobro Room
• 11:00am - 1:00pm: Digital and Film Photography: How to Shoot Like a Pro: Richard Iceland and taking place in the Guitar Room
• 11:30am - 12:30pm: The Art of Dowsing: Do You Have the Gift?. Presented by: Charlie Monday and taking place in the Harp Room. Since there is a limit of 30, you must pre-register at Information Desk.
• Noon - 1:00pm: Meditations on Nature. Presented by: Phylis Rollins and taking place in the Violin Room
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Meet Some of East Tennessee’s Most Famous Residents. Presented by: Maranda and Elisa Vandergriff and taking place in the Dobro Room
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Old Time Dessert Tasting Event. Lifelong residents of the Great Smoky Mountains area will prepare some of their favorite old time family desserts for guests to sample including cobblers, stack cakes, pies, molasses cookies and more!Presented by: Veta King and taking place in the Ukulele Room
• 1:00pm - 3:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Carving a Dogwood Friendship Spoon, Session One. Presented by: Don Taylor and taking place in the Breakfast Room. You must pre-register at Information Desk as there is a limit and 10 and you must sign up and attend both sessions. All registrants must bring own sharpened woodcarving tools.
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Leave No Trace: The Rules and Regulations of Backpacking and Leave No Trace Guidelines. Presented by: Mike Braun and Pamela Rodgers and taking place in the Harp Room
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: 60 Years of Fun at Bays Mountain. Presented by: Joe Taft and David Taylor and taking place in the Violin Room
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: National Wildlife Refuges in Tennessee. Presented by: Jim Wigginton and taking place in the Guitar Room
• 2:30pm - 3:30pm: Civil War in the West, 1861. Presented by: Jack Carman and taking place in the Dobro Room
• 2:30pm - 3:30pm: The Trail of Tears and the Cherokee in the Great Smoky Mountains (Before and After the Removal). Presented by: Jon Elder and taking place in the Ukulele Room
• 3:00pm - 4:00pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: How to Get Eaten by a Bear. Presented by: Joel and Kathy Zachry and taking place in the Harp Room
• 3:00pm - 4:00pm: Identifying Local Birds of Prey. Presented by: Stephen Lyn Bales and taking place in the Violin Room
• 3:30pm - 4:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program for Adults and ages 12+ only: Intro to Beginning Bluegrass Dancing. Presented by: Jack and Doris Parton and taking place in the Guitar Room. You must pre-register at Information Desk as there is a Limit of 40.
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Growing Mealworms for Backyard Birds Video Presentation. Presented by: Steve Garr and taking place in the Dobro Room
• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: The Iron Works and the Forge - Pigeon Forge’s Namesake. Presented by: Jerry Wear who will discuss the manufacturing of iron in Pigeon Forge around 1820. Takes place in the Ukulele Room.
• 4:00pm - 5:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Intermediate / Advanced Mountain Dulcimer. Presented by: Tim Simek and taking place in the Breakfast Room. You must bring own instruments and pre-register at Information Desk nice there is a limit of 10.
• 4:30pm - 5:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Guarding the President: NPS Special Events Team, 1970s. Presented by: Joe Kelley and taking place in the Harp Room
• 5:30pm - 6:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Photographic Fundamentals: From Composition to Proper Exposure and Everything in Between. Presented by: Daniel Dempster and taking place in the Ukulele Room
• 6:00pm: Thursday Hike Signups taking place at the Holiday Inn Express
• 7:00pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: America’s Favorite Drive: The Blue Ridge Parkway. Presented by: Charles Maynard - taking place in the Dobro/Harp Rooms

APPALACHIAFEST!
A Free Musical Celebration of Our Heritage! Taking place in the Violin/Guitar Rooms

• 5:00pm - 6:30pm: Smoky Mountain Inhabitants and Their Music presented by the Boogertown Gap
• 6:45pm - 7:45pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program: Of Home and Hearth presented by Hills-N-Hollows
• 8:00pm: Carolina Bluegrass Boys with clogging from the Appalachian Cloggers. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun!