November 2022

The city of Chattanooga will honor Philip Grymes’s legacy by renaming the Outdoor Chattanooga building at 200 River St. in his memory. The ceremony will be held Friday at 2 p.m. with remarks from Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, Mayor Tim Kelly, former Mayor Ron Littlefield, current Parks and Outdoors Administrator Scott Martin and others. Following […]

Land Trust for Tennessee is celebrating a newly protected property that will complement the patchwork of public and privately protected lands in Chattanooga. On November 3rd, we received a donated conservation easement on Signal Mountain, permanently protecting Williams Point Preserve at the southeastern tip of Walden’s Ridge, a prominent geological feature of the Cumberland plateau. The

Over 200 volunteers participated at four river cleanups hosted by Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful in three states this October, helping to remove 19,304 lbs.—or nearly 10 tons—of trash from the Tennessee River. Read more. Chattanoogan.com (Photo: Chattanoogan.com)

Dam Safety teamed with multiple business groups across TVA to develop a plan to utilize drone-based herbicide applications that show promise for controlling vegetation on hazardous embankments. Read more. Tennessee Valley Authority (Photo: TVA)

One of the goals of the Tennessee CLEAN Act is to make Tennessee’s manufacturing economy more circular, meaning increasing the use and lifespan of common materials. Find out more about what it means to have a circular economy in a recent Tennessee CLEAN blog post. Tennessee CLEAN (Image: Tennessee CLEAN) .

We are in the next phase of the Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors Plan. The POP will be driven by public input. We are now taking a deeper dive on some of the ideas we heard during the first round of engagement, and we’re asking for the community’s guidance in prioritizing our future park and outdoor

84 Acres Acquired for Fall Creek Falls State Park TennGreen Land Conservancy and the State of Tennessee will expand Fall Creek Falls State Park yet again! The land, known as “Haston Point Gulf,” contains forested habitat in an area of high conservation interest. Its forests and bluffs provide important protection for waters flowing to Cane Creek

South Cumberland State Park has a new Ranger!  Hannah Sheley, originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, has always enjoyed the outdoors.  Learn more about her and other topics in the Friends of South Cumberland’s December Trail Tracker newsletter. Friends of South Cumberland (Photo: FSC)

Day Fire Podcast recently interviewed Kelly Davis, Director of Research at the Outdoor Industry Association and the Outdoor Foundation, to talk about the state of the Outdoor market including participation, consumer trends, and economic and social forces that impact the Outdoor industry at large. Outdoor Recreation is a large and growing industry that accounts for