SITE UPDATED 30 March 1999
Preliminary arrangements have been made to accomodate 50 dipterists at Camp Broadstone, in northwestern North Carolina.
NADS will meet jointly with the annual Biting Fly Workshop
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* individual and group collecting in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests.
* workshops and presentations of dipterological research and natural history
* identification and sorting workshops
* **optional participation in Diptera Collecting Field Day in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, May 27-30, as part of the GSMNP ATBI
* mixers, meals and tall tales from the collecting trail
CALL FOR PAPERS FORM ======REGISTRATION FORM
Camp Broadstone, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is on 53 acres of woods and meadows in the small community of Valle Crucis, six miles west of Boone and the campus of Appalachian State University. The camp is located near the Blue Ridge Parkway, Linville Gorge,Grandfather Mtn., and the Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests.
Collecting will be possible on the grounds of the camp and excursions will be planned to sites in the Pisgah and Cherokee Forests.
Facilities include a main lodge, six cabins, business office, maintenance building, arts and crafts cabin and classroom cabins. The main lodge and dining hall of 4,600 square feet is a multipurpose facility for serving meals, indoor workshops and evening activities. The large natural stone fireplace, on a cool evening, provides a relaxing atmosphere after a full day of outdoor activity. Meals are served family style from the fully-equipped modern kitchen located in the main lodge. Sleeping accomodations are in modern, clean and comfortable bunk-house style cabins. The cabins feature bunk beds, indoor bathroom facilities with individual hot showers and are fully insulated and electrically heated. They are able to accommodate up to 100 people in the six cabins.
Register early! Reservations will be held for the first 50 dipterists and their guests. A registration form is included below.
Registration cost per person is $123 --covers registration, lodging, and meals for the entire meeting. Registration and meals for attendees not staying at Camp Broadstone = $70.
Alternative accomodations are available at the Holiday Inn Express in Boone NC about 25 min from the NADS dormitory lodge. Cost (double occupancy) is $54 and up [with breakfast]; 828-264-2451. Reserve space now! Prices subject to change.
MAY 27-30 1999 NATURE QUEST FOR FLIES
All NADS meeting registrants are invited to participate in a four-day, group collecting effort on behalf of the GSMNP ATBI project. The goal of the event will be to help kick off the ATBI pro ject by organizing a group collecting and identification workshop. Our "Nature Quest for Flies" is intended to draw attention to the ATBI and to the role of dipterists and other taxonomic specialists in fulfilling the projects goals. Visit the events section of the Discover Life in America website for updates on Nature Quest activities. The dipterists will be among the first groups to conduct a taxon oriented "Nature Quest", and, therefore, we hope we wou ld have a good turnout and collect a lot of flies.
All Nature Quest participants should register on the get involved page of the Discover Life in America website.
The organizers of the GSMNP ATBI are excited about the participation of NADS in the inventory. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is 2.5-3 hrs drive from Camp Broadstone. Groups will leave Camp Broadstone at 6:30 AM on 27 May, arrive at the GSMNP approximately 11 AM and collect, collect, collect! Lodging near the park for field day participants can be arranged by contacting Brian M. Wiegmann (see below bwiegman@unity.ncsu.edu. Collecting permits will be arranged for registered participants prior to the event.
For additional information contact:
Brian M. Wiegmann Department of Entomology Box 7613 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695
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