A Guide to the Haw Ridge Canoe Trail
RECREATED FROM A GUIDE TO THE HAW RIDGE CANOE TRAIL FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OAK RIDGE (1992-93) A family flatwater canoeing area without hazards of competition with power boats (mostly in a large, shallow backchannel area); -Abundant wildlife--herons, ospreys,...
Stay-at-Home Weed Wrangle
While most of us are home under a safer-at-home order, there's no better time to tackle the yard and control those invasive plants. Plants like Honeysuckle Vine, Bush Honeysuckle, Privet, Mimosa, and Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus) may be creeping up along the borders of...
Take the iNaturalist City Challenge April 24-27
Here is something fun to do during April 24-27. Participate in the iNaturalist City Challenge 2020. The City Nature Challenge is an international competition between cities to see who can observe the most wildlife in a four-day period. It’s a bioblitz that happens all...
Oak Ridge Nature Walks Scheduled
On the Oak Ridge Reservation, located in east Tennessee, over 1100 vascular plants, 72 fish, 34 mammals and over 200 bird species have been observed. The public is invited to nature walks designed to highlight not only the rich flora and fauna diversity of the...
StoryCorps Interview of Frank Hensley
StoryCorps Interview of Frank Hensley by Sandra Goss Sandra (00:03): My name is Sandra Goss. It's G O S S rhymes with Moss, but it starts with a G. My thick Southern tongue is frequently not well understood. My age is 57. The date is November 1, 2010, in Knoxville,...
TVA request for a landfill at Bull Run Public Hearing
On Tuesday, February 18th at 4:00 p.m., the Anderson County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing regarding a request by TVA to construct a new sixty (60) acre landfill on the TVA owned Bull Run Fossil Fuel Plant site located at 1265 Edgemoor Road,...
Proposed 69-kV Power Line in West Oak Ridge
The city of Oak Ridge’s efforts to set a route for a 69-kV power line to Horizon Center, a largely unused industrial park in the west part of the city, continue. While the need for additional electricity is not in dispute, the path it might take is the subject of...
Liane Brauch “Lee” Russell (August 27, 1923 – July 20, 2019)
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 and Interview...
Float Trip around Freels Bend on Melton Hill Lake
We had 10 paddlers participate in a canoe/kayak float trip around the Freels Bend of the Three Bends “Wild Area” on Melton Hill Lake. After an interesting start in amongst very fast model speedboats, we kept toward the...
Defenders of Wildlife joins fight to save Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park
Defenders of Wildlife posted the following blog helping to raise awareness about the threat to Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park (Unicoi County, TN) from TDEC's proposed road and campground development. TCWP is working with Unicoi County residents, Defenders of...
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