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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
TCWP will sponsor a wildflower walk on Oak Ridge’s Wildflower Greenway on April 30. We’ll meet at 9 a.m. at the eastern trailhead for the Wildflower Greenway Trail. The trailhead is located on East Vanderbilt Drive between the intersections with Valparaiso and Villanova Roads (http://tnlandforms.us/greenways/maps03/wf.html). The Greenway trail is only 0.8 mile one way, but […]
This joint outing for TCWP and the Tennessee Native Plant Society is scheduled in hopes of catching spreading pogonia (Cleistes bifaria) and prairie lily (Lilium philadelphicum) in flower. They are both beautiful, the orchid in a subtle way and the lily in a very showy way. We should see a variety of flowers as we […]
This joint Oak Ridge outing for TCWP and the Tennessee Native Plant Society will emphasize tree and shrub identification along the greenway. The outing, on a flattish paved trail, should work for those with limited walking ability. Wheelchairs are a possibility. Total out-and-back distance is about 1.5 miles. As usual, participants can turn back when […]