On May 4 and 5, 2026, personnel from Chattanooga Zoo, U.S. Forest Service and Lee University traveled into the Cherokee National Forest to release a total of 64 eastern hellbender salamanders in multiple creeks. This is part of the Hellbender Headstart program — housed at the Chattanooga Zoo — that is working to replenish the […]
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Spotlight: Southeast / Government Watch A ban on roads has allowed wilderness to flourish in the Southeast’s national forests. The Trump administration wants to reverse it. Adopted in 2001 during the final days of the Clinton administration, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, as it is formally known, grew out of a realization within the U.S. Forest
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Help TWRA Track Wild Turkey Populations This Summer The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) invites Tennesseans and visitors to participate in the 2026 Wild Turkey Summer Observation Survey, now open through August 31. This annual survey helps TWRA monitor wild turkey reproduction and population trends. Participants simply report turkey sightings, contributing valuable data for statewide
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Celebrating American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day® provides the perfect opportunity to set off on a local trail with others in your community. Join the nationwide movement to give back to trails and build a world where everyone feels welcome and has access to enjoy the great outdoors. Millions of hikers, bikers, paddlers, horseback riders, trail clubs,
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Thrive Regional Partnership (Thrive) and Open Space Institute (OSI) announced the selection of three communities — Mentone, Alabama, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and Dade County, Georgia — to participate in the third cohort of the Resilient Communities program. The program, jointly led by Thrive and OSI, helps communities develop local strategies to better withstand weather events like
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Alex Garretson, a 2025 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate, is a geographic information system (GIS) technician at UTC’s Center for Applied Geospatial Data Science (CAGDS). At the Tennessee Geographic Information Council’s annual conference in Franklin earlier this spring, Ms. Garretson took home the Best Spatial Analysis Award for her work developing a conservation decision
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Spotlight: Southeast Georgia’s Okefenokee, a vast blackwater swamp, is under consideration for UNESCO World Heritage status, as scientists and advocates point to its rare peatlands, biodiversity and long history of ecological resilience. Read more. Ryan Krugman – Inside Climate News Spotlight: Southeast is a place for stories about nature or conservation, etc. from locations around
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A 2026 photo project featuring the interplay of nature and architecture on the Sewanee campus. Watch next month for June’s photos. See April’s photos here. All photos by Bob Butters.
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