Help Us Protect Natural Lands & Waters
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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Our natural lands and waters are threatened by degradation or development. See how TCWP identifies, researches, and fights these threats.
TCWP maintains trails and controls exotic invasive species to protect areas and provide opportunities for outdoor exercise and fellowship.
TCWP organizes free outings and special events for all to enjoy. Experience Tennessee’s wild lands and waters firsthand.
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Alley Ford Cumberland Trail
In 1998, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, in alliance with the Cumberland Trail Conference (CTC), adopted the Alley Ford segment of the Cumberland Trail. TCWP has sponsored annual trail maintenance events on this portion of the trail since then. The entire...
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Oak Ridge Cedar Barren
Click on the below link to read the article about Oak Ridge Barrens: OAK RIDGE BARRENS NATURAL AREA: HISTORY, SIGNIFICANCE, AND MANAGEMENT Students at neighboring Jefferson Middle School created a place-based Story Map on the Cedar Barrens and the CRESO bird box...
History of Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning
Introducing TCWP – Past, Present, and Future | by Liane B. Russell
Here we are - half a century old and going strong. How did we get started? What have we accomplished? What are we doing now? One of two stimuli that led to the formation of Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, TCWP, was a TVA proposal for a dam that would...
How the Obed got saved from being turned into a reservoir and became a National Wild & Scenic River
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...
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!