The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement recently announced more than $8.6 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Tennessee. Read more. The Tennessee Tribune (Photo: Pexels)
The Xerces Society and regional partners are launching the Southeast Bumble Bee Atlas (SEBBA), a region-wide community science project aimed at tracking and conserving bumble bees in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Anyone can get involved in this community science endeavor- no experience is necessary! Learn more and sign up here! Sierra Club Tennessee
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In honor of Earth Day, Nokian Tyres is donating funds to support development of the Cumberland Trail in Rhea County, Tennessee. The money will help the Cumberland Trails Conference continue development of the Laurel-Snow segment of the trail near the company’s award-winning factory in Dayton. Read more. Chattanoogan.com (Photo: Nokian Tyres)
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Woodcock Cove has been open to the public for an entire year. Since opening in March of 2022, the property has been well received and widely loved within the community. All the while, the SCC has been hard at work building the critical infrastructure needed to withstand user traffic for generations to come. As our region
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Saturday, April 22 marks Earth Day — an annual holiday that is celebrated by more than a billion people across 193 countries. This year’s campaign is “Invest In Our Planet,” and to help you do so, EarthDay.org has a plethora of resources that can help you get involved on local, national, and global levels. Learn more. See a
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The Tennessee River Gorge Trust’s annual Art Auction in partnership with Townsend Atelier features 9 local artists selected to interpret the Treasured Places of the Tennessee River Gorge. Another Gorgeous Evening is a night to celebrate TRGT’s conservation work in the Tennessee River Gorge. Learn more about both events. Tennessee River Gorge Trust (Image: TRGT)
Land protection and stewardship have a critical role to play in addressing climate change. To help accelerate this work, the Open Space Institute (OSI) is pleased to announce the availability of Land and Climate Catalyst Planning Grants through a collaboration with the Land Trust Alliance. The Land and Climate Grant Program will offer funding and technical support
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It’s Trails & Trilliums Time!April 21-23 is the date. Beersheba Springs is the place. Learn more about the Trails & Trilliums event, including the need for volunteers and this year’s award winners, as well as a new book on the history of South Cumberland State Park, in the Friends of South Cumberland’s May TrailTracker newsletter. Friends of South
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Driving through the region, travelers may pass by patches of land with tall grasses swaying in the wind and colorful flowering plants shooting out of the ground. These swaths of land, called pollinator areas, are vital to the advancement of biodiversity within the native environment. And the Tennessee Valley Authority is giving them a boost.
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The proliferate Joro spider, an East Asian species that is currently spreading rapidly in Southeast regions of the United States, is the elusive subject of a research team that includes David Nelsen, PhD, biology professor at Southern Adventist University. These researchers are appealing to communities in Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina to be on the