News Release Date: April 22, 2024
Contact: Christopher Derman, 423-569-9778
In celebration of the twenty fourth Annual Spring Planting & Music Festival, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area broadcasts a birding walk with Dr. Charles P. Nicholson on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Participants will meet on the Bandy Creek Campground swimming pool at 8:00 AM (ET).
Dr. Nicholson has over 35 years of birding expertise on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee, together with the Big South Fork space. He is an lively member of the Tennessee Ornithological Society and has served as president and editor of its journal. Dr. Nicholson studied birds for his PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology and is the writer of the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Tennessee, the excellent supply e-book on the distribution and biology of the birds nesting on this state. He has additionally taught a course in birdwatching within the University of Tennessee non-credit program for a number of years and led quite a few birding subject journeys.
The Spring Planting Festival is without doubt one of the some ways to affix the Big South Fork all through 2024 in a year-long celebration for its fiftieth anniversary! From new park waysides and interpretive applications to particular occasions and nights below the celebs, there’s an exercise for everybody. Visit the Bandy Creek Visitor Center for a duplicate of this yr’s Go BIG Challenge booklet, data on upcoming applications and annual picture contest, and an amazing collection of limited-edition anniversary objects!