Even though bats may not be the first animal to come to mind when we dream of our fine flying friends in Middle Tennessee, they’re arguably some of the most important in our town.
Tennessee may allow coal mining in a protected forest this year
A mining company is planning to extract coal from a mountain in East Tennessee this year.
The Cumberland Gap is a natural trail across the Appalachians. One little piece just got protected.
The Appalachians span 2,000 miles from Alabama to Canada. At the Kentucky and Tennessee border, there is a natural break in the mountains called the Cumberland Gap.
Tennessee to protect songbirds, elk and other wildlife habitat in state’s largest-ever conservation deal
The Nature Conservancy recently struck a deal with the state of Tennessee to permanently protect an area in the central Appalachian Mountains that contains hardwood forests housing migratory songbirds, a small population of reintroduced elk and about 180 miles of streams.
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