All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) Quarterly Newsletter
Discover Life in America (DLIA)

The ATBI Quarterly Newsletter focuses on scientific research. Newsletters are available in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format from the links below.

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• Other ATBI Publications
• Note to Authors

• Winter - Vol. 9, No. 1
  • Letter from new Executive Director - Todd Witcher - p. 1
  • 2007 DLIA/ATBI Conference a BIG Success - p. 1
  • DLIA Science Advisory Panel and DLIA Board Members Lists - p. 1
  • Update from the Board Chair - Dr. Ernest Bernard - p. 2
  • Database and Technology - Chuck Cooper - p. 2
  • DLIA Volunteers - Heather MacCulloch - p. 2
  • Tremont Ecological Expedition Explores Raven Fork Gorge - Jason Love - p. 3
  • High School Students Rediscover a Lost Species - Susan Sachs - p. 3
  • Calendar of Events for 2008 - p. 4

• Annual - Vol. 8, No. 1
  • Introduction; A Time for Cracker Juice! - Chuck Cooper, p. 2
  • Outgoing Administrative Officer - Jeanie Hilten, p. 3
  • Outgoing Board Chairman - Dr. Peter White, p. 3
  • New Board Chairman - Dr. Ernie Bernard, p. 6
  • Yeasty Guts of Beetles - Nhu H. Nguyen, p. 7
  • DLIA Funded Research Projects - p. 8
  • Discover Life in America.org - Charles Wilder, p. 10
  • DLIA in Education News - p. 11
  • DLIA & ATBI News Briefs - p. 12
  • Data News and Notes - p. 13
  • Latest Taxa Tally - Dr. Becky Nichols, p. 14
  • Future Focus Feature - Keith Langdon, p. 16
  • ATBI Alliance News - p. 17
  • DLIA Organization - p. 19

• Autumn - Vol. 7, No. 4
  • Tremont Expedition to the Wilds of Raven Fork - Jason Love
  • Chairman’s Corner: Joining Forces Nationally to Discover Life in America - Peter White
  • 10th DLIA/ATBI Conference December 4-8, 2006 Gatlinburg, TN. Don’t Miss It!
  • Updates on Biodiversity Inventories Across the Country - Jeanie Hilten
    • Urban Wildness - Giselle Mora-Bourgeois
    • Crane Hollow State Nature Preserve - Gary A. Coovert
    • Tennessee State Parks ATBI Update - LinnAnn Welch, Biologist
    • Adirondack State Park’s ATBI Steadily Moves Forward - Craig Milewski, Coordinator
    • Thicket of Diversity: ATBI in Big Thicket National Preserve - Jerry Cook.
    • A Variety of Surveys in North Carolina State Parks - Ed Corey.
    • Acadia Activities - David Manski
    • Stewardship Programs at Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area - Mary Raczko
  • BioQuests Abound During Summer Research in the Smokies - Jeanie Hilten
    • Myxo Blitz 2006 - Steve Stephenson
    • Pyreno Pursuit - Andrew N. Miller
    • Water Wonders - Andrea J. Radwell
  • 2006 Beetle Blitz - Victoria Bayless and Chris Carlton
  • Karst Quest: An Investigation of Limestone Areas and Caves of GSMNP - Jeanie Hilten
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park Taxa Table - Becky Nichols
  • George Wright Society Forum
  • New Guide Has Legs...Lots of Them

• Summer - Vol. 7, No. 3
  • Nematodes – Little Wonders and Lots of Them - Ernest C. Bernard
  • A Note From Nancy Finley, Chief of Resource Management and Science - Nancy Finley
  • The ATBI Database is Now On-line!
  • Dead Wood Beetles - Mike Ferro
  • University of Tennessee’s “Educational Talent Search” - Nancy Headlee
  • Citizen Scientist: Carol Cranford - Carol Cranford
  • Scientist Profile: Pat Cox - Pat Cox
  • Teachers Trained in ATBI Science Methods - Susan Sachs
  • DLIA and Partners Calendar of Events

• Spring - Vol. 7, No. 2
  • Slime Molds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - John Landolt
  • Closing Remarks at the ATBI Symposium, Gatlinburg, March 29, 2006 - Peter White
  • A Sampling of 2005 Grant Reports
  • "Astronomical" Diversity of Bacteria in
    Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Seán O'Connell
  • Define Biodiversity - Jennifer Pierce
  • A Note from a Citizen Scientist - Steve Higdon
  • $69,439 in Awards Presented to ATBI Researchers
  • Scientist Profile: Andrea Radwell
  • A Deer Fly New to the Park and to Tennessee - Gary J. Steck
  • DLIA and Partners Calendar of Events
  • New Board Members

• Winter - Vol. 7, No. 1
  • Ninth ATBI Conference Highlights - Peter White
  • A Selection of Photographs from the Ninth Annual Conference
  • A Precautionary Tale About Rarity: On the Larva and Life History of Lithophane joannis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - David L. Wagner
  • Of Ice Thorns, Tree Crotches, and Love Darts - Dan and Judy Dourson
  • Purchase Knob House
  • MYXO BLITZ 2006
  • Algae Photo Exhibit: Tiny Gems from Watery Gardens - Jeanie Hilten and Rex Lowe
  • DLIA and Partners - Calendar of Events
  • Beetle Blitz 2006; 14 - 28 June
  • DLIA Offers ATBI Images for Sale
  • An Alliance of ATBI’s - Keith Langdon
  • Dignitaries break ground for the Twin Creeks Science and Education Center

• Autumn - Vol. 6, No. 4
  • Team Odonate is Established - Charles Muise
  • Chairman's Corner - Peter S. White
  • ATBI Taxon Table Update - Becky Nichols
  • Aphids: Diverse and Distinctive - Colin Favret
  • Survey of Water Mite Diversity Begins - Ian M. Smith and Andrea J. Radwell
  • Dr. Daniel Janzen is Keynote Speaker at DLIA/ATBI Annual Conference - Jeanie Hilten
  • Down in the Dirt - Tommy Allen

• Summer - Vol. 6, No. 3
  • Grasshoppers in the Smokies - Matt Dakin
  • Chairman's Message: Paul Hebert and the DNA Barcodes of Life
  • Park Science Center Update - Keith Langdon
  • First Lichen Bio-Quest in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    GSMNP - Harold W. Keller
  • Solitary Bees in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Adriean Mayor
  • Carnivores: From Smallest to Largest - Don Linzey
  • ATBIs at Other Reserves: Some Updates - Jeanie Hilten
  • 2004 Donations List
  • Discover Life in America - All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Events Calendar 2005
  • A selection of summer activities photos - Ron McConathy

• Spring - Vol. 6, No. 2
  • Earwigflies in the Great Smokies - James C. Dunford, Louis A. Somma, and David Serrano
  • The President’s Corner: Biodiversity as a Focus of Conservation - Peter S. White
  • Snorkel Surveys of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fish - Patrick Rakes
  • "Little Known" Water Bears? - Paul Bartels
  • Feeding Water Bears: A Simple Activity to Connect the Public with Microorganisms - Paul G. Davison
  • Butterfly Attack - David L. Wagner
  • Grants Awarded for ATBI Research - Jeanie Hilten
  • Discover Life in America - All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Events Calendar 2005

• Winter - Vol. 6, No.1
  • Message from the Chair - Peter White
  • New Board Members
  • Fern Forays 2004 - Pat Cox
  • Pool and Pond Beetles of the Park - Charlie and Sue Staines
  • Watercolor Exhibit by Nancy Lowe
  • The When and Where of Ant Diversity in the Smokies - Robert R. Dunn and Nathan J. Sanders
  • It's Now Easier to "Discover Life in America" on the World Wide Web! - Joe Henderson
  • Students Learn About Research - Paul Super and Michelle Prysby
  • Keynote Address from Dr. Sylvia Earle; A Summary - Jeanie Hilten
  • Where to Stay in North Carolina
  • Events Calendar 2005
  • A Selection of Photos from the Annual Meeting

• Autumn - Vol. 5, No. 4
  • Sifting Litter in the Great Smoky Mountains - Victoria Bayless and Chris Carlton
  • President’s Corner - Exploring and sampling for biodiversity:
    Another way we can lead! - Peter White
  • The Natural History Collection of Great Smoky
    Mountains National Park - Adriean Mayor
  • Litter Blitz 2004: New Discoveries from Thunderhead Mountain and Elsewhere - Alexey Tishechkin
  • ATBI’s in Tennessee State Parks - LinnAnn Welch
  • Invitation to Attend the ATBI Annual Conference - December 7-10, 2004 - Jeanie Hilten
  • ATBI/DLIA Annual Conference Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sylvia Earle
  • Eighth All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Annual Conference
  • A Note from the Park Superintendent - Dale Ditmanson

• Summer - Vol. 5, No. 3
  • Slime Mold Workshop - Steve Stephenson
  • A Message from Jeanie Hilten - Discover Life in America Staff Activities
  • ATBI Taxa Table - New Discoveries from 1998 to Present
  • Mycoblitz a Great Success - Dennis Drehmel
  • Mycoblitz: Beating the Weather - Ron Petersen and Jean Lodge
  • Results of the Smokies 2004 Lepidoptera Blitz - Dave Wagner
  • Lepidoptera Blitz at Acadia National Park - David Manski
  • National Science Foundation Funds Research Experience for Teachers - Trish Smith
  • DLIA Summer Interns: Tales from Two Jessicas
  • Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) Diversity in the Great Smoky Mountains - Luke M. Jacobus and W. P. McCafferty
  • ATBI-DLIA Calendar of Events Fall/Winter2004 - Jeanie Hilten

• Spring - Vol. 5, No. 2
  • The Benefits of Fire: Burning for Biodiversity - Virginia McDaniel
  • Chairman’s Message - New Scales, New Worlds of Life
  • DLIA Welcomes New Part-Time Staff
  • 2004 Moth and Butterfly Blitz - David Wagner and Brian Scholtens
  • Diatoms? Why Diatoms? - Susan Makosky
  • $60,000 in Awards Presented to ATBI Researchers - Jeanie Hilten
  • ATBI-DLIA Calendar of Events 2004 - Jeanie Hilten
  • 2004 Mycological Society of America (MSA) Annual Meeting

• Winter - Vol. 5, No. 1
  • Biodiversity and Sustainability: The Role of Inventories - Excerpts from Dr. Peter Ravenís Keynote Address - 2003 ATBI Conference
  • A Note From The Chair Making a List
  • About Peter Raven, Keynote Speaker
  • Trechus Beetles in the Smokies: Islands in the Sky - Thomas C. Barr
  • All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Annual Conference - December 2-6, 2003
  • Abstracts of Presentations and Posters
  • Additions to the Lichen Flora of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Tor Tonsberg
  • ATBI-DLIA Calendar of Events 2004 - Jeanie Hilten
  • "Wilderness Volunteers" Group Helps ATBI for Fourth Year - Jeanie Hilten, DLI

• Autumn - Vol. 4, No. 4
  • Tree Canopy Biodiversity Highlights in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Harold W. Keller
  • A Note from the Chair
  • Global Biodiversity of Eumycetozoans - Steve Stephenson
  • Sign Up Now for Notification of the Color Version of the ATBI Quarterly On-Line!
  • High Country Slime Molds - Randy Darrah
  • Owlet or Noctuid Moths of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Michael Pogue
  • Desktop ATBI Database Available - Chuck Parker and Michael Kunze
  • NSF Awards Grant to Study Algae Biodiversity - Rex Lowe
  • New Discoveries of the Smokies' ATBI (Updated October 2003)
  • 7th ATBI/DLIA Annual Conference Features Peter Raven as Keynote Speaker
  • Calendar of Events
  • Nancy Lowe Painting and Drawings

• Summer - Vol. 4, No. 3
  • Happy as a Clam, Sluggishness, and other Molluscan Metaphors - G. Thomas Watters
  • A Note from a New DLIA Board Member - Steve Bohleber
  • Summer "Bio-Quests" Draw Scientists, Educators, and Volunteers
  • Discover Life in America's Summer Interns
  • Searching for and Discovering Life in Tomales Bay, California - Staff at Point Reyes National Seashore
  • Volunteers Come Out in Force to Help with Fern Forays - Pat Cox
  • Hunting for Hellbenders - Amber Pit
  • New Science Center Update - Keith Langdon
  • ATBI Trail Distribution Surveys for Selected Species: An Introduction to ATBI Methods for DLIA Volunteers - Keith Langdon
  • 2003 Calendar of Events - Jeanie Hilten

• Spring - Vol. 4, No. 2
  • "Sub-visible" Biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Sean O'Connell
  • A Note from the Park's Acting Superintendent - Phil Francis
  • Development Corner - Emily Jones
  • The Scorpion and Pseudoscorpions of the Smokies - Edward E. C. Clebsch and James Cokendolpher
  • DLIA Grant Program Awards $50,000 to ATBI Researchers - Jeanie Hilten
  • Beetle Blitz 2003 - Victoria Bayless
  • Can a Small Lady Beetle Save the Majestic Hemlock? - Paris Lambdin and Jerome Grant
  • Snail Searches: How Students Contribute to the ATBI
  • Calendar of Events
  • Discover Life in America "Wish List"

• Winter - Vol. 4, No. 1
  • Five, Six, Pick up Sticks: Hunting fro Pyrenomycetes with Larissa Vasilyeva - Nancy Lowe Volunteer
  • Chairman's Commentary - Frank Harris
  • ATBI-DLIA 2003 Request for Proposals
  • Taxa Tally
  • An Introduction to the Smoky Mountain Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) - Luke M. Jacobus and W. P. McCafferty
  • Charismatic Triplet Flowers - Susan Farmer
  • A Teacher's ATBI Adventure
  • Highlights of the 2002 Annual ATBI-DLIA Conference - Jeanie Hilten
  • Volunteering for Biodiversity: A New Year's Invitation - Jeanie Hilten
  • 2002 Supporters List
  • Discover Life in America 2003 Calendar of Events

• Autumn - Vol. 3, No. 4
  • Fungi Map of the Smokies - Dennis Drehmel
  • A Note from Park Superintendent - Mike Tollefson
  • Newsworthy ATBI Accomplishments
  • Pauropoda - The Little Ones Among the Myriapods - Ulf Scheller
  • Tephritid Flies of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Gary J. Steck and Bruce Sutton
  • Myxo Blitz - Anita Phillips
  • University of Tennessee Greenbrier Field Station
  • National Geographic and US Department of Education Support Trail-based Surveys - Kurt Butefish and Nancy S. Headlee
  • Use and Applicability of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Soil Survey - Anthony Khiel
  • Fifty-two Common and Easily Identified Fungi - Paul Super
  • Two New Events Will Raise Money for the ATBI Rainforest Adventures! - Emily Jones
  • The 2002 "Bids for Biodiversity" Auction Moves to Rainforest Adventures
  • Discover Life in America - ATBI Calendar of Events - Jeanie Hilten
  • ATB-DLIA Annual Conference

• Summer - Vol. 3, No. 3
  • Tree Canopy Myxomycetes: Outstanding Scholar and Thesis Award - Harold Keller
  • A Note from the Vice-Chair - Peter White
  • Biodiversity is Us - Dan Janzen
  • Protista Pursuit - Jeanie Hilten and Tom Rogers
  • Taxa Table - Becky Nichols
  • Bat Blitz - Keith Langdon and Becky Nichols
  • USDA-NRCS Soil Scientists Identify 20 New Soil "Species" in the Park - Anthony Khiel
  • Lepidoptera Blitz Nets 860 and Counting - David L. Wagner and Brian Scholtens
  • ATBI-DLIA Annual Conference
  • Updated Calendar, News, and etc.- Jeanie Hilten
  • Biodiversity Beach Blast, Pig Pulling and an Evening in the Rainforest: Three Great Events to Raise Money for ATBI - Emily Jones
  • Two New Native Plants Confirmed For the Smokies - Keith Langdon and Becky Nichols
  • Note to Authors
  • DLIA T-Shirts, Mugs, and Mouse pads
  • Two New Exotics - Keith Langdon
  • ATBI Research Permits - Keith Langdon
  • Special "Thank You's"

• Spring - Vol. 3, No. 2
  • Millipede March - Tom Rogers
  • President’s Corner - Frank Harris
  • Thank You Partners
  • Protista Pursuit
  • Public Awareness of ATBI Grows - Becky Nichols
  • Taxa Table - Becky Nichols
  • Unique Habitats in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Keith Langdon
  • Air Pollution Concerns at Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Jim Renfro
  • Bird Watching: Up Close and Personal - Paul E. Super
  • DLIA Grant Program Award Grows to $100,000 for ATBI Researchers - Jeanie Hilten and John Morse
  • ATBI/DLIA Calendar of Events
  • Doing Business: Corporate Support for the ATBI - Emily Jones
  • Volunteer Action - Jeanie Hilten
  • Myxomycete Weekend
  • Conference Slide Show Available
  • Pi Beta Phi Elementary School Students Participate in Park ATBI Research - Judy Dulin
  • Spring Awakening Naturalist Weekend

• Winter - Vol. 3, No. 1
  • Microorganisms as the Cornerstone of the Smoky Mountain Ecosystem- Seán O’Connell
  • The President’s Corner
  • Keith Langdon Receives NPS Award - Larry Hartmann
  • Call for Proposals: DLIA Grants Program, 2002
  • Science Center Planning & Design - Keith Langdon
  • Why Care About Biodiversity of Microbial Communities in Great Smoky Mountains National Park? - Steven W. Wilhelm
  • Worms! Segments, Hairs, Maybe Gills—Oh My! (Aquatic Oligochaeta in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park) - Mark J. Wetzel and Peggy Morgan
  • Building Bridges Among Teachers, Students, and Scientists - Michelle Prysby
  • The Role of the Student Conservation Association in the Great Smoky Mountains - Carroll Schell
  • Taxa Table - Becky Nichols
  • 5th Annual ATBI Conference Celebrates Discovery of Life - Jeanie Hilten
  • Events Calendar - Jeanie Hilten
  • Fall Picnic at Purchase Knob: Inspiring Views and Fellowship
  • Note to ATBI Authors
  • A Note from the DLIA Development Coordinator - Emily Jones

• Autumn - Vol. 2, No. 4
  • Beetle Blitz: Scientists and Volunteers Converge on the Smokies in Quest for Coleoptera - Tom Rogers
  • Letter from DLIA President - Frank Harris
  • Annual Discover Life in America Conference
  • Fundraising and Development
  • Mining Beetle Diversity in the Smokies - Chris Carlton
  • Latest Adventures of the Algal TWIG - Shannon Gomez and Jeff Johansen
  • Dictyostelids are Slime Molds Too - John Landolt
  • Smoky Mountain Reptiles - Ben Cash, Joshua Ennen, and James Webb
  • ATBI Needs List
  • Lepidoptera TWIG Branches Out - John W. Brown
  • Independent Fern Gametophytes - Paul Davison
  • The Hidden Diversity Inside Biting Flies - Will Reeves
  • Leeches of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - William Moser and Donald J. Klemm
  • Underfoot and All Around - Ernest C. Bernard
  • July 2001 Beetle Blitz Photo Album
  • ATBI-DLIA Annual Conference

• Summer - Vol. 2, No. 3
  • Note of Caddisflies - Chuck Parker
  • President's Corner - Frank Harris
  • 2001 ATBI-DLIA Annual Conference
  • Volunteer Action - Jeanie Hilten
  • Taxa Table - Becky Nichols
  • Ectoparasite Biodiversity - Lance Durden
  • Three Days of Fern Forays in the Park - Patricia Cox
  • Point Reyes National Seashore Plans an ATBI - Sarah Allen
  • Vegetation and Ecology of the ATBI Plots - Michael Jenkins
  • Searching for Scorpionflies - Trond Larsen
  • The Arthropods of Gregory's Cave - Jonathan Mays
  • Flies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: ATBI Project Research - Brian Wiegmann
  • DLIA Education Committee Reports on Action Plan - Judy Dulin
  • Greetings From Emily Jones, DLIA Coordinator for Development
  • Notes for Contributing Authors - Ruthanne Mitchell
  • Sesiids, or Clear-wing Moths - Keith Langdon
  • Discover Life in America: T-Shirts, Mugs, and Mouse Pads for Sale
    

• Spring - Vol. 2, No. 2
  • Have You Seen this Creature - Paul Bartels
  • President's Corner - Frank Harris
  • Mission Statement
  • Over $50,000 in Awards Presented to ATBI Researchers - Jeanie Hilten
  • Beetle Blitz - Tom Rogers
  • Arthropod Inventory Pilot Project - Ian Stocks
  • Black Bears and You!
  • The Link Between Geology, GIS, and ATBI Plots - Scott Southworth
  • Scientific Research and Collecting Permits in National Parks - Keith Langdon
  • Taxa Table - Becky Nichols
  • Purchase Knob Offers Unique Educational Links with ATBI - Chris Stein
  • Discover Life Volunteers Gather for Spring Training - Jeanie Hilten
  • Second ATBI Volunteer Training Day Set - Jeanie Hilten
  • Discover Life in America: T-Shirts, Mugs, and Mouse Pads for Sale
    

• Winter - Vol. 2, No. 1
  • Discover Life in America ATBI Meeting Summary
  • President's Corner - Frank Harris
  • Another Great Idea - Jeanie Hilten
  • Call for ATBI Research Grant Proposals - John C. Morse
  • Slime Mold Odyssey - Steve Stephenson
  • Land Snails of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Dan Dourson
  • ATBI Mammal Activities - Donald W. Linzey and Christy Brecht
  • Thanks to DLIA Volunteers! - Jeanie Volunteers
  • Small Mammal ATBI Inventory - Edward B. Pivorun
  • ATBI Related Discovery Center Exhibit Opens at Oconaluftee Visitor Center - Susan Sachs
  • Dragonfly Bio-Blitz at Cades Cove - Jerrell J. Daigle and Ken J. Tennessen
  • Calling all Discover Life in America Volunteers - Jeanie Hilten
  • Note to Authors - Ruthanne Mitchell
  • Beetle Blitz 2001

• Autumn - Vol. 1, No. 1
  • Moth & Butterfly Bio-Blitz Yields Amazing Results - Dave Wagner
  • President's Corner - Frank Harris
  • Do You Want to be Clear About Who's Who? Read This... - Keith Langdon
  • Discover Life in America: December Meeting
  • Note from Jeanie Hilten
  • Copepods and Bathynellaceans or, "You Study What?" - Janet W. Reid
  • NFS Grant Proposal - Norm Johnson and Mike Sharkey
  • Where is That Worm? - Sam Jones
  • Progress Summary of GSMNP Spider Inventory - Frederick Coyle
  • Comprehensive Soil Survey Underway in the Park - Anthony Kheil
  • Students of All Ages Assisting with the ATBI at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont - Paul Super
  • DLIA Project Funded by Natural Resources Preservation Program of NPS
  • Trees of Great Smokies Provide Mountains of Opportunity for Student Researchers - Harold Keller
  • Lepidopterists' Bio-Blitz Team
  • Advice to Authors - Ruthanne Mitchell
  • $40,000 in Awards Presented to ATBI Researchers