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GSMCA conceived of the idea of a national park in the Smokies in 1923 and helped make it happen.

11/12/2024

New Scientific Research Grant Opportunities in the Smokies:
In 1923, the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association was established to help create a new national park. More than 100 years later, GSMCA continues to support what became Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the nation, by funding scientific research grants through the Carlos C. Campbell and James T. Tanner Memorial Scholarships.

Successful applicants must demonstrate an applied research approach for further conservation of the Park’s resources. If you know of anyone who may be interested in applying for these research-based grants in the Smokies, please direct them to https://www.gsmca.org/memorial-fellowships/ The deadline for grant submission is Friday, December 20.

Learn more about GSMCA and these great park advocates and naturalists at www.gsmca.org

10/17/2024

Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association is pleased to welcome applications from experienced applicants for projects that demonstrate an applied research approach and produce lasting results for conservation of GSMNP’s resources in 2025.
GSMCA offers grant opportunities through two memorial fellowship programs: Carlos C. Campbell grants ($7,500 per project) and James T. Tanner grant ($15,000 per project). Since 1982, GSMCA has funded more than $600,000 in research grants within Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The deadline for 2025 applications is December 20, 2024.

Full details, including previous grant winners, can be found at https://www.gsmca.org/memorial-fellowships/

Photo by Jim Matheny.

02/01/2024

Great Smoky Mountain Conservation Association is proud to announce the following research grants totaling $29,974 to support applied research projects that are designed to produce lasting results for conservation of Great Smoky Mountain National Park’s natural resources.

Carlos C. Campbell Memorial Fellowship
“GRISLD-Support funding for “Gang of Retirees in Search of Life’s Diversity”, Keith Langdon, NPS; Dan Pittillo, Western Carolina University; Tom Howe, Foothills Land Conservancy; Paul Durr, Little River Biological Consulting; Robert Emmott, NPS; and Nora Murdock, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Grant amount: $7,500

“Genetic evaluation of conservation actions for Citico Darter, Etheostoma sitikuense”, Spencer Trimbe and Rebecca Blanton Johansen, Austin Peay State University. Grant amount: $7,474

James T. Tanner Memorial Fellowship
“Spatial variation and genetic diversity in a multi-sourced brook trout restoration site in the Great Smoky Mountains”, Rebecca J. Smith and Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick., EEB, University of Tennessee. Grant amount: $15,000

Since 1982, a total of more than $600,000 in combined grants have been awarded through the Carlos C. Campbell and James T. Tanner Memorial Fellowships to support research within Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The deadline for grant applications is December 20 each year. For more details on eligibility and how to apply, please visit
https://www.gsmca.org/memorial-fellowships/

Photography by Jim Matheny.

12/21/2023

Today, December 21, marks the 100th anniversary of the moment when an “idea” for a new national park in the eastern United States changed into a “movement.” A group of business and community leaders in Knoxville, Tennessee, sat around a table and established the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association –and charged themselves with making the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that we know and cherish today a distinct reality.

A century later, the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association is still actively supporting Great Smoky Mountains National Park through special grants for projects that demonstrate an applied research approach and produce lasting results for conservation of the Park’s resources.

Learn more about GSMCA at https://www.gsmca.org/

Learn more about the foundation of GSMCA and the backstory of previous attempts to create a park of some statue in the Smokies, dating back to a 1899 effort in Asheville, NC by watching a recording of a recent program by the Knoxville History Project at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NiclCMag9c

Memorial Fellowship Awards are offered to applicants for projects that demonstrate an applied research approach and produce lasting results for conservation of the Park’s resources..

10/16/2023

GSMCA Centennial Turns 100
This December marks the 100th anniversary of the moment when an “idea” for a new national park in the eastern United States changed into a “movement.” A group of business and community leaders in Knoxville, Tennessee, sat around a table and established the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association –and charged themselves with making the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that we know and cherish today a distinct reality.

A new article in the Fall 2023 issue of Smokies Life, written by Albert Bedinger, Paul James, and Ken Wise, details and celebrates our centennial and highlights key visionaries and leaders, such as Willis and Annie Davis, who along with Col. David Chapman and others, led early but pivotal efforts to rally and galvanize support in Knoxville, and Washington D.C.

02/21/2023

Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association, the organization that, in 1923, was formed in response to Knoxvillians, Willis and Annie Davis, to launch a movement that would help establish a new national park in the eastern United States. It was a long and challenging process but without GSCMA there would simply be no Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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PO Box 52025
Knoxville, TN
37950

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https://gsmca.org/

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