Whites Creek Workday

Whites Creek Small Wild Area

TCWP will sponsor a day of trail maintenance work at Whites Creek Small Wild Area in Rhea County at 10 a.m. January 8 as part of our ongoing stewardship activities for this TVA Small Wild Area trail. The trail loops onto land that TCWP purchased from Bowater several years ago, thanks to the generous support […]

OWCA Winter Hike

Lilly Bluff Overlook Lilly Bluff Trailhead, Lancing, TN, United States

TCWP Board Member Jimmy Groton will lead a winter hike along The Point Trail near Lilly Bluff Overlook at the Obed Wild and Scenic River for the Obed Watershed Community Association. The hike is an in-and-out four-mile moderate trek to the Point. Jimmy will give tips for identifying trees in winter as we hike and […]

Alley Ford Workday

Rock Creek Campground

A day of trail work and hiking will take place on the 2.5-mile section of the Cumberland Trail at the Obed Wild and Scenic River between Nemo Picnic Area and Alley Ford adopted by TCWP in 1998. Participants should dress appropriately for winter weather, wear sturdy shoes or boots, and bring work gloves, loppers, small […]

American Chestnut Restoration Research in the Southern Appalachians

Prior to the arrival of the chestnut blight in the early 20th century, the American chestnut was one of the most important forest trees in the Eastern United States. Since the trees’ near-eradication by the blight, a number of groups have been working to create blight-resistant American chestnuts. In a Zoom program on February 22 […]

Spring Cedar Barren Cleanup/Weed Wrangle®

Jefferson Middle School 200 Fairbanks Rd,, Oak Ridge, TN

The Oak Ridge Cedar Barren will again be the site of exotic invasive plant removal as we conduct our first cleanup of 2022. Located next to Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge, the Barren is a joint project of the City of Oak Ridge, State Natural Areas Division, and TCWP. The area is one of […]

Obed River Cleanup from Kayaks

Obed Wild & Scenic River Visitor Center 208 N. North Maiden Street, Wartburg, TN

Kayakers are encouraged to join TCWP, in cooperation with the National Park Service, for a whitewater clean-up trip on the Obed River on Saturday, March 26. The Park Service will staff a raft to be used for garbage collection. Weather and river conditions are unpredictable, and decisions about the nature of the trip will likely […]

Oak Ridge Hike: North Boundary Greenway

North Boundary Greenway Parking Area

The Sierra Club Harvey Broome Chapter, Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation, and TCWP will cosponsor a hike to explore parts of Oak Ridge's North Boundary Greenway, the Horizon Center natural area, and Black Oak Ridge Conservation Easement on April 2. We’ll meet at 9 a.m. at one of the eastern trailheads for the North Boundary Greenway […]

Garlic Mustard Pull/Wildflower Walk

Rolling Hills Apartment 135 W Vanderbilt Dr, Oak Ridge, TN, United States

The Greenway behind Oak Ridge's Rolling Hills Apartments (formerly known as the Garden Apartments) is one of the best wildflower trails in Anderson County, but it is threatened by garlic mustard, a very invasive exotic that crowds out native plants.  TCWP and Greenways Oak Ridge have been making headway in recent years in ridding the […]

Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage at Frozen Head State Park

Frozen Head State Park 964 Flat Fork Rd, Wartburg, TN, United States

This  joint outing for TCWP and the Tennessee Native Plant Society will provide an excellent opportunity to see spring wildflowers. This will be a switch from last year: we will start from Panther Branch Trailhead. The first half-mile is ideal for those with rather limited hiking capabilities; the trail is wide and flat. For those […]

Stinging Fork Falls to Piney Falls Walk

Rocky Top Market/Exxon/McDonald's 22620 Rhea County Hwy, Spring City, TN, United States

For this joint TCWP/Tennessee Native Plant Society outing we will caravan from the Spring City Exxon station to the Lower Piney River Trailhead to start a shuttle, leaving some cars there. We’ll then carpool to the Stinging Fork Falls Trailhead, and hike back from there to the Piney River Trailhead. (If COVID prevents a shuttle, […]

Sounds Wild and Broken with David George Haskell

Join us via Zoom with author, scientist and professor David George Haskell. He will discuss how listening to the world around us – whether in the city, a natural area, or to music through our earbuds – can connect us to the living world. This free program is cosponsored with the UT Arboretum Society by Tennessee […]

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