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TCWP is dedicated to protecting natural lands and waters by means of public ownership, legislation, or cooperation of the private sector. Out efforts focus on the Cumberland and Appalachian regions of East Tennessee, but may extend to the rest of the state and the nation.
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Mack S. Prichard Day
March 31, 2021 is designated as the Mack S. Prichard Day by Governor Bill Lee in appreciation and celebration of Prichard’s life in service. Mack S. Prichard was the first Archaeologist and later Naturalist of the State of Tennessee. He started working for the state...
Liane Russel featured in ORNL Podcast
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Facebook page recently posted a link to "Chromosomes, conservation & chocolate: The life of Liane Russell," an episode from their The Sound of Science podcast. The episode was originally published on March 30, 2020 and covers...
Why We Oppose the Proposed Oak Ridge Motor Complex
https://youtu.be/u6wCARcZYow On Feb 4, 2021, leaders of AFORR, Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation, gave a comprehensive assessment of the Horizon Center, the BORCE, the natural areas within the Horizon Center, and the impact of a racetrack to the area. The event...
Public Comments Sought on Proposed Water Quality Permit for the Pigeon River
Photo of Pigeon River by Erin Johnson Those of you that drove down I-40 at the Tennessee/North Carolina border in the pre-1990’s remember not only the nasty smell of the ‘Dirty Bird’ but also the dark-stained water due to discharges from the Champion papermill in...
A Message from AFORR on the proposed Motorsports complex
Virginia Dale and Ellen Smith A real estate developer wants to build a motorsports complex in an Oak Ridge industrial park. The site has significant ecological and recreational value. The US Department of Energy (DOE) transferred the Horizon Center land for industrial...
Frozen Head State Park Champion William (“Foye”) Armes Has Passed
(Contributed by Annetta Watson, Vice-President, Friends of Frozen Head State Park) Foye Armes and his wife Juanita in front of the Frozen Head SP cabin where he and his family lived when his father was (the first) Forester, and he was (the second) Forester of the...
In the two years I worked for the Environmental Policy Institute in D.C., I had the opportunity to see grassroots newsletters from all over the country. In my experience, there is no better state-wide conservation issue compendium and call-to-action anywhere in this country than the TCWP newsletter. It’s the Information Age version of one-stop shopping. Get it!