Two high school student interns were hired to help work on ATBI projects and learn about field research and biological diversity in the process. Erin Henegar and Meredith Jagger, both graduating seniors from Maryville High School, Maryville, Tennessee, were hired to fill these positions. They worked three to four days per week for a total of approximately 300 hours each. The principle projects they worked on were studies of hymenoptera pollinators (Apoidea), coleoptera, lepidoptera, odonata, land snails, and analysis of lepidoptera data. They collected over 500 specimens, which have been passed on to taxonomists for determination and wrote articles about their experience for the ATBI Quarterly and the Walker Valley Reflections (newsletter of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute).
Principal Investigator
PI Name: Paul E. Super
PI Organization: GSMNP Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center
Co-investigator #1
Co-PI Name: Michelle Prysby
Co-PI Organization: Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
