TCWP founding member and long-time newsletter editor Liane “Lee” Russell died Saturday (July 20) morning. Lee was an internationally-known scientist, a leader in conservation and environmental advocacy, a friend, and role model. WBIR posted this article...
A great crowd joined TCWP’s very own Jimmy Groton on a guided walk, “Identifying Trees in Winter”, at the Obed River Park in Crossville, TN on Saturday, February 9th. Jimmy studied forestry as an graduate and undergraduate in college and taught Dendrology in graduate...
In 1969, the North Ridge Trail was presented to the citizens of Oak Ridge by TCWP (Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning), whose members developed it, got City Council to dedicate it, and worked for federal and state designations to help protect its status. Over...
History of TCWP involvement Worthington Cemetery lies within a cedar-barrens area abutting the Clinch River (Melton Hill Reservoir) on the west side of the river bend near the old Elza Gate. The tract is on TVA land which, prior to 1992, had been designated (but not...
History of TCWP involvement In the summer of 1980, TCWP founders Bill and Lee Russell contacted TVA Chairman S. David Freeman to suggest that a tract in the Whites Creek embayment of Watts Bar Reservoir be designated a Small Wild Area. It took several TVA visits to...
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