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Needs and Opportunities for 2008
You’ll find it all here- all of the ways that Friends of the Smokies puts more than $1 million to work each year in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Thank you for your help to make it all possible!
If you are interested in making a specific gift to support one of the projects listed below, please contact Jim Hart, President, at fotsjhart@bellsouth.net or Sarah Weeks, Marketing Director, at fotssw@bellsouth.net or (800) 845-5665.
Natural Resource Preservation and Management
- Support Appalachian Bear Rescue Center - $ 15,000
- Reduce Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Damage - $ 135,000
- GlaxoSmithKlein SCA Intern for Purchase Knob - $ 3,650
- Support Research Activities at Purchase Knob - $ 1,000
- Expand Monitoring of Airborne Mercury - $ 30,000
- Determine Impacts of Storm Events on Water Quality - $ 110,000
- Support All-Taxa Biodiversity Program - $ 50,000
- Preserve Fraser Fir Rearing Plot - $ 2,000
Education and Visitor Services
- Parks as Classroom Education Program - $ 85,600
- Sugarlands Visitor Center Accessible Trail Exhibit - $ 5,000
- Fighting Creek Trail Tree ID Placards - $ 2,730
- Revamp Sugarlands Visitor Center Exhibits - $ 50,000
- Science Teacher Workshops - $ 23,650
- Burroughs Wellcome High School Intern Program - $ 38,100
- Develop Traveling Air Quality Exhibit - $ 8,000
- Support Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont - $ 33,750
- Development Parks As Classroom Program w./ Cherokee - $ 50,000
- Oconaluftee Visitor Center Exhibit Planning - $ 212,000
Cultural Resource Preservation
- Mt. Cammerer Fire Tower Roof and Window Repair - $ 10,000
- Eradicate & Exclude Bats from Cades Cove/Cataloochee Churches - $ 30,000
- Develop Plans to Preserve and Interpret Elkmont Historic District - $ 50,000
- Complete Fencing Replacement in Cades Cove - $ 30,000
Trail And Backcountry Facility Improvements
- “Trails Forever” Trail Improvement Program - $ 150,000
- Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner Program - $ 30,000
- Reduce Bear Problems in Backcountry - $ 4,000
- Upgrade Backcountry Management Software - $ 2,000
- Remodel Double Springs Shelter - $ 10,000
- Restore Little Cataloochee Trail - $ 17,000
Front Country Facility Improvements
- Construct Appalachian Highlands Storage Building - $ 8,000
- Remove/Restore Site of Appalachian Highlands Tennis Court - $ 8,600
- Appalachian Highlands Building and Landscape Upkeep - $ 25,000
- Cataloochee Visitor Amenities - $ 10,500
- Townsend Wye Visitor Amenities - $ 4,000
- Roaring Fork Trailheads Visitor Amenities & Litter Collection - $ 28,000
- Upgrade Landscaping at Gatlinburg Entrance - $ 40,000
Parkwide Initiatives
- Sponsor Student Conservation Association Interns - $ 72,000
- Volunteer Recognition Activities - $ 6,500
- Volunteer Roadside Assistance Program - $ 4,000
- Sponsor 75th Anniversary Coordinator - $ 30,000
- 75th Anniversary Activity Support - $ 60,000
- Superintendent Partnership Fund - $ 7,000
- Upgrade Ranger Safety Equipment - $ 24,000
- Electric Vehicles for Cataloochee/Smokemont - $ 11,200
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Wherever you go in the Smokies, you can see the results of our collective efforts, but we still have a lot more work to do. Please help us help the Smokies. Become a Friend Today! Click for more info. |
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Friends of the Smokies
Tennessee - Main Office
Phone: 865.932.4794
Toll-free: 800.845.5665
Fax: 865.933.7607
E-mail: fotshb@bellsouth.net
Friends of the Smokies
North Carolina Office
Phone: 828.452.0720
Fax: 828.452.0767
E-mail: fotses@bellsouth.net |
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