Across nearly six decades, TCWP consistently advocated for ecological protection, water quality improvements, and strategic land acquisitions around the Big South Fork, Clear Fork, and New River systems. Their sustained vigilance prevented destructive developments such as major dams and uncontrolled mining, helped secure funding for critical conservation lands, promoted water-quality improvements, and facilitated community engagement through education and outreach.

TCWP Timeline: Big South Fork, [Read More]

The dam proposal. The superb wild gorges of the Obed, Clear Creek and Daddys Creek that increasing numbers of people are now getting to know and love came very close to being condemned to disappear forever at the bottom of a deep reservoir. When TVA announced about 50 years ago that it was studying a [Read More]