Day 8 of Wilderness Wildlife Week 2014 Schedule in Pigeon Forge Tennessee

This is it! The last day of Wilderness Wildlife Week concerts, classes and workshops in the Pigeon Forge LeConte Center and free guided hike by local experts in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now here and the weather has warmed up just in time so that some can take advantage of those free hikes today.

Yesterday was another in a series of fun and educational days in Pigeon Forge and between leaning about snowflake photography, Blount count gunsmiths in the 1800's, the furnace from the original ironworks at the old Mill in Pigeon Forge, the history of Sparks Lane in Cades Cove, and traditional Cherokee Stories there was something for everyone as Wilderness Wildlife Week.

Today's demonstrations and classes and concerts at the Wilderness Wildlife Week will be well worth the entrance fee of FREE!

Today's must see Wilderness Wildlife Week programs include the photography workshop with Kendall Chiles, Don McGowan and Warren Bedell, Wildlife and Nature Photography by Harry Dunn, Helping the Brookie by Mike Bryant and for serous photographers the class Better Landscape Photos Using Manual Settings presented by local fine art and commercial photographer Eric Gebhart.

Plenty of park roads remain closed this morning with most expected to reopen today and tomorrow. None of today's free guided hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains national park should be affected by any of these closures other than the Cades Cove bus tour which must stick to the paved roads as Hyatt Lane and Sparks Lane are both closed due to high water.

All in all, the last day of Wilderness Wildlife Week for 2014 will be fantastic!

Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule
Day 8: Saturday, February 1st 2014

• 9 – 10am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Creating Camera Clubs that Click. Presented by Pat Gordy. Taking place at room North 3.
• 9 – 10am: Fall Creek Falls and the Mid Cumberland Recreation Area Video Presentation. Presented by Stuart Carroll. Taking place at room South 3.
• 9 – 1 pm: The Smokies Through a Camera Lens! Photography Workshop. Presented by Kendall Chiles, Don McGowan and Warren Bedell. Taking place at room North 2.
• 9:30 – 10:30am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about Smokies Fly Fishing! Aquatic Insects 101. Presented by Matt Green. Taking place at room South 2.
• 9:30 – 11 am: Take a Liken’ to Lichens. Presented by Kris Light who will lead an outdoor expedition to locate lichens in their natural habitat after covering the different types of lichens in Tennessee. Taking place at room South 1.
• 9:30 – 12:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Painting the Smokies. Limited to 10, ages 18 and older so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Participants must bring own brush #6 or #8 flat. Presented by Dick Ensing of Dutchman’s Loft. Taking place at room South 4B.
• 10 – 11 am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Public Accessible Waterfalls of East and Middle Tennessee. Presented by Keith Garnes. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 10:30 – 11:30am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about the Smokies Through a Camera Lens! Intro to Digital Photography from Camera to Printing. Presented by Douglas Hubbard. Taking place at room North 3.
• 10:30 – 11:30am: The Spirits of Cades Cove Video Presentation. Presented by Mike Meldrum. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 10:30 – 11:30am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Special Kids Track. Wilderness Wildlife Week Tall Tales for Young and Old. Limited to 40 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Observers welcome. Presented by Mary Phillips. Taking place at room South 3.
• 11 – Noon: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about Smokies Fly Fishing! Old Fly Patterns of the Smokies. Presented by Don Kirk. Taking place at room South 2.
• 11:30 – 12:30pm: Wildflowers of the Southern Highlands Video Presentation. Presented by Jack Carman of Wildflowers of Tennessee. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• Noon – 1 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about the Smokies Through a Camera Lens! Wildlife and Nature Photography: Tricks and Techniques. Presented by Harry Dunn. Taking place at room North 3.
• 12:30 – 1:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about Smokies Fly Fishing! Backcountry Cooking. Presented by Craig Haney. Taking place at room South 2.
• 12:30 – 1:30pm: Pilgrimage: A Pathway to Discovery. Presented by J. Greg Johnson. Taking place at room South 3.
• 12:30 – 1:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Pioneer Toy Making. Presented by Roy Henson. Taking place at room South 4A.
• 1 – 2pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Old Time Radio Days. Presented by Tony Thomas. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 1:30 – 2:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about the Smokies Through a Camera Lens! Black and White: Give Your Photographs a Timeless Appeal. Presented by Karen Jones. Taking place at room North 2.
• 2 – 3pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Wildlife Hot spots in the Southeast Video Presentation. Presented by Kate Marshall. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 2 – 3pm: Learn to Play Washboard and Washtub Bass. Presented by Boogertown Gap. Taking place at room South 1.
• 2 – 3pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about Smokies Fly Fishing! Tenkara Comes to Tennessee. Presented by Jason Sparks. Taking place at room South 2.
• 2 – 3pm: A Year in the Life of a Bear. Presented by David Whitehead. Taking place at room South 3.
• 2 – 3pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Special Kids Track. Mystery Hour: Kids Create Your Own Mystery. Limited to 25 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Presented by Jean Leigh Claudette. Taking place at room South 4B.
• 2:30 – 3:30pm: The Bear Facts Video Presentation. Presented by Mike Meldrum. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 3 – 4pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about the Smokies Through a Camera Lens! Better Landscape Photos Using Manual Settings. Presented by Eric Gebhart. Taking place at room North 2.
• 3 – 6pm: Photography Contest Pickup Taking place at room North 1.
• 3:30 – 4:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Backyard Bird Habitat: Never Too Young, Never Too Old. Presented by Glenna and WC Julian and Tammy and Olivia Browning. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 3:30 – 4:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about Smokies Fly Fishing! Indicators for Better Nymph Fishing. Presented by Steve Vorkapich. Taking place at room South 2.
• 3:30 – 4:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Nature Writing for Love and Money, Part 2. Presented by Rob Simbeck. Taking place at room South 3.
• 4 – 5pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Capturing Wildlife with a Remote Infrared Camera. Presented by Joel and Kathy Zachry of Great Outdoors! Adventure Travel. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 4 – 5pm: Special Kids Track. Blue and the Grey: Civil War Soldier’s Life. Limited to 25 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Presented by Mike Meldrum. Learn about the life of a soldier when the Civil War needed young folks to enlist for the Union or Confederacy. Taking place at room South 4B.
• 4 – 6pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about the Smokies Through a Camera Lens! What Separates a Snapshot from a Fine Photograph and How They are Judged. Presented by Douglas Hubbard. Taking place at room North 3.
• 4:30 – 6:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about the Smokies Through a Camera Lens! Nature in Photoshop. Presented by Larry Perry. Taking place at room North 2.
• 5 – 6pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about Smokies Fly Fishing! High Navigation of the Trout Streams. Presented by Fred Turner. Taking place at room South 2.
• 5 – 6:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! A Tribute to the States. Presented by Hills-N-Hollows. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section A.
• 5:30 – 6:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! Songs and Stories from the Cabin Porch. Presented by Tony Thomas. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 6:30 – 7:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about Smokies Fly Fishing! Helping the Brookie. Presented by Mike Bryant. Taking place at room South 2.
• 7pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! To Be Announced. Presented by Ken Jenkins. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section A.

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Day 7 of Wilderness Wildlife Week 2014 Schedule in Pigeon Forge Tennessee

As we wind down to the final 2 days of Wilderness Wildlife Week taking place in the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge were are finally going to start to see seasonally acceptable weather as well.

While weather in the Smokies was a big topic of discussions, so was the great time everyone has been having the past week here at the event. As a matter of fact I found some people coming here for more than a decade that said this was the best Wilderness Wildlife Week event ever.

Some of the Roads in the Great Smoky Mountains national park had reopened yesterday as the weather just started to poke above freezing and the park is expecting most to be reopened by late today.

That's great news for those taking guided hikes in the park Saturday as we expect all the guided outdoor programs to be able to take place and fortunately it looks as though all the Wilderness Wildlife Week guided hikes can take place today as well!

Today's must see of Wilderness Wildlife Week programs include the exciting Famous Searches and Rescues in the Great Smoky Mountains by Joe Kelley, Bob Swabe, Judy Wasak and Joey Holt, live Eagles. Presented by American Eagle Foundation and In the Spirit of Adventure which will be presented by Charles Maynard.

Wilderness Wildlife Week Schedule
Day 7: Friday, January 31st 2014

• 8 – 11am: Famous Searches and Rescues in the Great Smoky Mountains. Presented by Joe Kelley, Bob Swabe, Judy Wasak and Joey Holt. Taking place at room South 2.
• 9 – 10am: Discovering the Cumberlands Video Presentation. Presented by Stuart Carroll. Taking place at room South 3.
• 9 – 10:30am: Nature Recording in the Smokies. Presented by Mark Dunaway. Taking place at room South 1.
• 10 – 10:30am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! Folk Songs of Cades Cove. Presented by Maddie Carpenter. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 10 – 11am: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! More People Who Shaped Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Presented by Bill Deitzer. Taking place at room North 2.
• 10 – 11am: Our Smokies Heritage! Load a Wagon. Presented by Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Taking place at room South 4B.
• 10:30 – 11:30am: Jewels from the Sky: Snowflake Photography. Presented by Kris Light. Taking place at room South 3.
• 10:30 – Noon: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! Blount County Gunsmiths, 1800-1900. Presented by Randal Pierce. Taking place at room North 3.
• 11 – Noon: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! History of the Pigeon Forge Iron Works.On a recent excavation at the Old Mill in Pigeon Forge the unearthed evidence of the original iron furnace which was used in the Pigeon Forge Iron Works in the early 1800s. Learn how this bloomary furnace system worked. Presented by Alan Longmire and Dr. Elizabeth Kellar. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 11 – Noon: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Wildlife Diversity in Tennessee. Presented by Chris Ogle. Taking place at room South 1.
• 11:30 – 12:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! What Are We Saying with Our Photography? Chasing That Special Look. Presented by Dale Knight. Taking place at room North 2.
• 11:30 – 12:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Make a traditional or modern Native American Dreamcatcher. Limited to 10 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Presented by Sue Todd. Taking place at room South 4A.
• 11:30 – 1pm: Bird Songs of the Smokies. Presented by Mark Dunaway. Taking place at room South 2.
• 12:30 – 1:30pm: Identifying Local Birds of Prey. Presented by Stephen Lyn Bales at the Ijams Nature Center. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 12:30 – 2 pm: Intermediate Mountain Dulcimer. Participants must bring own mountain dulcimer. Limited to 20 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Presented by Tim Simek. Taking place at room South 4B.
• 1 – 2pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! Sparks Lane: Then and Now Video Presentation. Presented by Kate Marshall. Taking place at room North 3.
• 1 – 2pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Jasper and Banff Natural Parks Video Presentation: Canadian Wonderlands. Presented by Harry Dunn. Taking place at room North 2.
• 1 – 2pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! The Tennessee River: A Journey Video Presentation. Presented by Randy Hedgepath. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 1 – 2pm: Saving Tennessee’s Hemlock Trees Video Presentation. Presented by Stuart Carroll. Taking place at room South 3.
• 1:30 – 2pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Special Kids Track. Blindfold Surprise Blindfolded participants will identify objects given to them to determine if they are recyclable or not. Limited to 30 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Presented by Keep Sevier Beautiful. Taking place at room South 4A.
• 1:30 – 2:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Cherokee Stories. Presented by Lloyd Arneach. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section A.
• 1:30 – 2:30pm: Intro to Autoharp. Presented by Tony Thomas and Judy Carson. Taking place at room South 1.
• 2 – 3pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! The Colorful Birds of Spring and Summer Video Presentation. Presented by Regina Garr of Birds-I-View. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 2 – 3pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! A Moth-er’s Night Out: Learn about Moths and Other Nocturnal Insects. Presented by Kris Light. Taking place at room South 2.
• 2:30 – 3:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! The Photos of William Derris of Townsend, TN, 1930-1956. Presented by Missy Tipton Green and Paulette Ledbetter. Taking place at room North 3.
• 2:30 – 3:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! Logging Railroads in the Smokies. Presented by Rick Turner. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 2:30 – 3:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Nature Writing for Love and Money, Part 1. Presented by Rob Simbeck. Taking place at room South 3.
• 2:30 – 3:30pm: Special Kids Track. How to Make a Quill Pen. Limited to 10, ages 12-17 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Participants must bring sharp penknife or x-acto blade. Presented by Pat K. Thomas. Taking place at room South 4B.
• 3 – 4pm: Lakes, Lighthouses and Landscapes of the North Woods Video Presentation. Presented by Kendall Chiles. Taking place at room North 2.
• 3:15 – 4:15pm: America’s Best Idea: Our National Parks Video Presentation. Presented by Chuck Summers. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section A.
• 3:30 – 4:30pm: Bald Eagle Recovery: Keys to Success. Presented by Bob Hatcher. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 4 – 5pm: Walking Through the Beauty of the Natural World Video Presentation. Presented by Don McGowan. Taking place at room North 2.
• 4 – 5pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! Appalachian Music Concert by Boogertown Gap. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 4 – 5pm: Finding Birds in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Video Presentation. Presented by Dr. Fred Alsop III. Taking place at room South 3.
• 4 – 5pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Pioneer Toy Making. Limited to 20 so you must pre-register at Information Desk. Presented by Roy Henson. Taking place at room South 4B.
• 4:30 – 5pm: Birds of Prey: Live Eagles. Presented by American Eagle Foundation. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section C.
• 4:45 – 5:45 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! The Outhouse is In! The Privy Goes Public. Presented by Kathy Gwinn. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section A.
• 5:30 – 6:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! Lighting Essentials. Presented by Douglas Hubbard. Taking place at room North 2.
• 5:30 – 6:30pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program about our Smokies Heritage! Music of Coal: Mining Stories from the Coal fields of Appalachia. Presented by Tony Thomas. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section B.
• 6:15 – 7:15 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! In the Spirit of Adventure. Presented by Charles Maynard. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section A.
• 7:45 pm: New Wilderness Wildlife Week Program! It’s OK to Get Older as Long as You Refuse to Grow Up! Humor About the "Joys of Maturity". Presented by Sam Venable. Taking place at the Greenbrier Hall Section A.

2014 Wilderness Wildlife Week Guided Hikes

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