This is installment 2 in a project to document a year in Sewanee with five photos taken each month on the Sewanee Domain. See the January post here. Nature: I found these dormant cattails on the shore of the Farm Pond. The cattail is a plant of many uses. Besides providing shelter for small fishes […]
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This article was originally published on the Travel Southeast Tennessee website on June 3, 2019 Just a few miles west of downtown Chattanooga lies the approximately 25,000-acre Prentice Cooper State Forest and Wildlife Management Area, known to locals as simply Prentice Cooper. The Prentice Cooper trail network, considered part of the Cumberland Trail system, is primarily
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Local residents and others with an interest in the region are continuing efforts to oppose a proposed sand quarry atop the Cumberland Plateau along Highway 156, near the border of Marion and Franklin Counties. (See earlier post.) Citizen’s concerns include dangerous heavy truck traffic, harmful silica dust, and polluted water. To learn more, keep up
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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.
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Tennessee Tree Day at Reflection Riding Mark your calendars! March 16th is Tennessee Tree Day, where partners working with the Tennessee Environmental Council will engage thousands of volunteers in planting around 80,000 native trees in all 95 counties and at each of the watersheds in Tennessee. All you need to do is reserve your trees
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing the state spend $207 million on state parks, blueways development, farmland conservation and outdoor recreation in this year’s budget. Lee noted in his state of the state speech that investing in state parks is a cornerstone of his conservation efforts and the budget would allow for eight new state
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This article was originally published on the Travel Southeast Tennessee website on June 3, 2019. The Ritchie Hollow Trail, having opened in January 2018, offers one of the newest ways to hike the Tennessee River Gorge. It climbs 2.7 miles one way from the Tennessee River to Davis Pond on top of the Cumberland Plateau
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The Southeastern Climbers Coalition recently announced that an anonymous donor has pledged to pay off the remainder of the Woodcock Cove loan. This will enable the loan to be paid off in its entirety two months early. Since the purchase of Woodcock in early 2021, the climbing community has: Learn more about Woodcock Cove. (Photo:
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Amid cooler temps, the Tennessee Valley region has plenty on tap for adventure. Read more. Tennessee Valley Authority (Photo: TVA)
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Is it possible to bring animals back from the brink of extinction? Yes, a team of Tennessee Valley Authority scientists and their partner agencies found, after they helped the endangered snail darter recover. But is it easy? No way. Work to restore the federally endangered pale lilliput and Alabama lampmussel took time, funding, collaboration and
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