Topic: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

National Safe Boating Week May 18th-24th

May 16, 2013 |

Nashville, TN – National Safe Boating Week is May 18th-24th and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be participating to promote the wear of life jackets as the 2013 summer boating season begins.

The Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day is Friday, May 17th with the goal of demonstrating how easy it is to wear a life jacket. Participants wear a life jacket to work, demonstrating how easy to wear one, even while at work. «Read the rest of this article»

Clarksville Parks and Recreation and TWRA Youth Fishing Rodeo June 8th

May 13, 2013 |

2013 Youth Fishing Events scheduled throughout Tennessee

Nashville, TN – Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Youth Fishing Rodeo will be held Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at the Liberty Park Pond for youth 0 to 16 years of age. The rodeo will be from 8:00am until 11:00am.

The pond will be stocked with catfish. Only one fishing pole per child is allowed. «Read the rest of this article»

TWRA extends deadline to May 10th for 4th Annual Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS)

May 2, 2013 |

Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit set for June 9th-14th

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced there is space available for those wishing to attend the Fourth Annual Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS), June 9th-14th, 2013. The summit is for high school students from across Tennessee.

The application deadline has been extended to May 10th, 2013.

The students will be introduced to many outdoor activities at the event to be held at the Montgomery County Shooting Complex near Clarksville, TN. «Read the rest of this article»

Dunbar Cave’s Spring Fling Schedule Announced

By Blayne Clements | April 23, 2013 |

Clarksville, TN – The Friends of Dunbar Cave have finalized the schedule for this year’s Spring Fling slated to take place rain or shine on Saturday, May 4th.

Come out and enjoy a day of free, family fun.  A bird hikes with the Warioto Audubon  Society, wild flower hike led by APSU botanist Rob Shepard and a trail hike led by Suva Batsin from our local chapter of the Tennessee Trails Association.

Reptiliacs at Dunbar Cave‘s Spring Fling

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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency announces availability of 2013-14 Grant Dollars to assist with Stream Clean-Up

April 13, 2013 |

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) announces the availability of grant dollars to assist cities, schools, community organizations, civic groups, watershed organizations, and conservation groups, etc., with stream clean-up projects and planting projects during the 2013-14 fiscal year.

Five grants, at $1,000 each, are available for each of TWRA’s four regional Aquatic Habitat Protection projects (a total of $5,000 per region). «Read the rest of this article»

Wounded Warrior Bass Tournament set for May 18th

April 11, 2013 |

Nashville, TN – Registration is being accepted for the Fourth Annual Wounded Warrior Bass Tournament to be held at Paris Landing on Kentucky Lake, Saturday, May 18th.

The tournament format will be a 3-fish limit with a guaranteed first prize of $2,000.

The cost of the tournament is $110.00 per boat and those who register by the end of the day on May 1st will receive a free T-shirt. (Cost of the tournament is $120.00 per boat after May 1st).

Wounded Warrior Bass Tournament to be held at Paris Landing on Kentucky Lake, Saturday, May 18th.

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Nashville Sounds “Swing for the Trees” Planting Event

April 6, 2013 |

Nashville, TN – Officials from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Nashville Sounds, Metro Parks staff, and Friends of Edwin Warner Park, along with other volunteers, gathered at the park to plant trees as part of the “Swing for the Trees” program.

“Swing for the Trees” is a tree planting program to promote the importance of trees to Tennessee. The TWRA participated in the program beginning last season. During the Sounds home games, where there was at least one broken bat, resulted in the opportunity for obtaining trees to be planted this spring. A total of 114 bats were broken by the Sounds in 2012.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Nashville Sounds were among those planting trees in Edwin Warner Park as part of the “Swing for the Trees” program. From left; Don King (TWRA Information and Education Division Chief), Pandy English (Instream Flow Coordinator, TWRA Environmental Services), Doug Scopel (Sounds Assistant General Manager), Brad Tammen (Sounds Vice President/General Manager) Steve Patrick (TWRA Assistant Director), and Ozzie (Sounds mascot).

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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency receives Teaming with Wildlife Award for partnerships for Hellbenders Research

March 29, 2013 |

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has been honored with the Teaming with Wildlife Award for Partnerships for its collaborative research on hellbenders in Tennessee.

Bill Reeves, TWRA Chief of Biodiversity, received the award in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. at the Rayburn House Office Building. The award is the culmination of extensive work on the current status of the species of giant salamanders that is endemic to eastern North America.

Bill Reeves, (far left) received the Teaming With Wildlife Award for Partnerships in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Also pictured are Dr. Stephen Spear (Orianne Society), Dr. Brian Miller (MTSU), Dr. Michael Freake (Lee University), Dale McGinnity (Nashville Zoo), and Naomi Edelson (National Wildlife Federation Director of State and Federal Partnerships).

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Music Concert to be part of 2013 Governor’s One Shot Turkey Hunt Weekend

March 24, 2013 |

Nashville, TN – A country music concert featuring Daryle Singletary and Gary Morris will be part of the annual Governor’s One Shot Turkey Hunt Weekend. The concert will be held on Friday, April 5th beginning at 7:00pm at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center in Franklin, TN.

General admission tickets are now on sale for the concert and are $25.00 each. The tickets may be purchased through the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation website at www.twrf.net/tickets or by calling 615.831.9311, ext. 118. Tickets will also be available at the door the evening of the show. «Read the rest of this article»

Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission amends Commercial Fishing Proclamation at March Meeting

March 23, 2013 |

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approved an amendment to the commercial fishing proclamation among business at its March meeting held Friday at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Region II Ray Bell Building.

TWRA Assistant Fisheries Division Chief Frank Fiss presented Proclamation 13-02. The amendment added black carp to the list of commercial fish species, modified commercial fishing hours on embayments of Kentucky Lake, and changed gillnet mesh size regulations. «Read the rest of this article»

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