In early October, my wife and I did a 5.5-mile canoe paddle on the Duck River near Columbia, Tennessee. We used a shuttle service provided by Higher Pursuits Kayak & Canoe Rental. Much of the popular Cheeks Bend Route flows through, or along the border of, the Yanahli Wildlife Management Area. The Duck River, which […]
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Chattanooga is a great place to explore outdoors, with many hiking trails, mountain biking spots, lakes, rivers and streams to enjoy via kayak, canoe, or boat. There are also plenty of places to try your skills at rock-climbing. But what if you’re not sure how or where to get started, or lack the knowledge and
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Late fall means you have to venture out from those wooded warbler hot spots and into new habitats to find sparrows, waterfowl, and shorebirds. Here are a few places that could be hopping right through Thanksgiving. Visit ebird’s Hotspot Explorer to find a map with pinpoints of hot birding locations. Read more. Cornell Lab of Ornithology Photo:
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Since 1978, The Nature Conservancy has worked with partners in Tennessee to conserve more than 450,000 acres of land to protect plant and animal species, support sustainable land uses and ensure that natural spaces can be enjoyed by future generations. These efforts also expand outdoor recreation opportunities, which enhance human health and have a positive impact
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About 50 Brown Academy fifth graders joined scientists from the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute and Tennessee Aquarium educators to reintroduce about 500 state-endangered Lake Sturgeon into the river as it flowed through downtown Chattanooga. Over the course of about an hour, the students and biologists released about 500 juvenile Lake Sturgeon by ones and twos
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This is installment 10 in a project to document a year in Sewanee with five photos taken each month on the Sewanee Domain. See the September post here. Watch next month for photos from November. Text and photos by Bob Butters.
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In addition to Halloween, October 24 – 31 was Bat Week. This animal is deeply intertwined with the roots of Halloween as they flutter across the night sky. Often associated with wicked vampires during this time of year, only three species of bats feed primarily on blood out of 1,400+ species across the world. The
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