February 2023

Reflection Riding is partnering with Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and looking for volunteers to help remove exotic invasive plant species along their shared boundary as part of the 2023 Chattanooga Weed Wrangle on Saturday, March 4th. Learn more in a recent Reflection Riding newsletter. Learn about other locations where you can participate in the 2023 […]

The Town of Tracy City, in partnership with the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from the Transportation Alternatives program of the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The grant will be used to extend the Mountain Goat Trail almost two miles, from downtown to Fire Tower Road north of Tracy City.

Thanks to its vast, intricate network of creeks and streams twining together as they descend between ridges, Southern Appalachia is home to a stunning array of fishes, crayfishes, mollusks, and amphibians. Just in time to welcome visitors arriving for spring break, the Tennessee Aquarium will celebrate the grand opening on March 1 of Ridges to Rivers. This

Registration is now open for the 2023 Friends of South Cumberland Trails & Trilliums event. Learn more or register, remember the late Glenn Himebaugh, and explore Lost Cove East in FSC’s March TrailTracker newsletter. Friends of South Cumberland (Image: FSC)

TennGreen Land Conservancy’s Hike-a-Thon is an event unlike any other in the Southeast. This month-long competition in April supports the protection of our lands and waters—where people and nature can thrive. The Hike-a-Thon is fun, free, and easy! And with competitions and prizes for hikers, paddlers, trail runners, climbers, mountain bikers, and nature photographers, there’s something for everyone.

Feb. 10, 2023 The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is part of a project to construct a highway bypass to help in safety and congestion issues near Rock Island State Park. The realignment of SR287 (Great Falls Road) is scheduled to begin with initial phase route site preparation in the coming 2-6 weeks. When the

Tennessee’s Highland Rim and Cumberland Plateau are nationally known for the cascades, gorges, rock houses and waterfalls nestled among their lush forest lands. Nature has combined this unique natural topography with an extensive system of rivers and streams to create particularly exceptional waterfall destinations. Many of these waterfall sites – Fall Creek Falls, Caney Creek

The City of Chattanooga is finalizing its Climate Action Plan and wants your feedback on the goals and strategies to ensure our community’s sustainable future. Some of the plan’s goals and strategies created by the local group Climate Chattanooga include achieving a zero-carbon municipal footprint by 2040 and a zero-carbon community footprint by 2050, development

Clint and Dawson of Day Fire Podcast recently sat down with Alice Hudson Pell, the Executive Director of TennGreen Land Conservancy. In her role, she oversees and directs the organization’s day-to-day operations and provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure TennGreen’s continued sustainability and success. TennGreen Land Conservancy (formerly the Tennessee Parks & Greenways Foundation)

Day Fire Podcast’s Clint and Dawson recently sat down with Charlie Mix. Charlie is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Director for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He leads a GIS and cartography lab that supports campus research and serves the greater Chattanooga region supporting applied research projects centered around conservation, outdoor recreation, public health,