Watts Bar Lake & River Rescue and Shoreline Cleanup Saturday, March 12, 2022 The Watts Bar Lake Association (WBLA), IJAMS Nature Center, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will sponsor the annual River Rescue shoreline cleanup on Saturday, March 12th, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are asked to meet at 8:30 a.m. All who …
US Army Corps of Engineers: TVA FIELD STUDY WATTS BAR LOCK TENNESSEE RIVER MILE 529.3 TVA is planning on performing a field study starting 2 September 2020 at 1500 and ending 3 September 2020 at 1000 and will have tire floats (with flashing lights) deployed across the entire river at the old Watts Bar Fossil …
US Army Corps of Engineers: TVA FIELD STUDY WATTS BAR LOCK TENNESSEE RIVER MILE 529.3 Read More »
For everyone who was unable to attend the Silver Carp Media Roundtable on August 5; you may watch the recording here. Here is the Dropbox link to the presentation, silver carp photos and fact sheets. For the photos, please credit: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Scott Fiedler Public Relations Public and Community Relations …
Multi-Agency Webinar- Subject: Silver Carp in the Tennessee River System All: On August 5th at 1:30 ET, multi-agency experts who are working together to fight the migration of silver carp in the Tennessee River System will provide a media briefing. You can listen and watch this briefing by using the following link: Register Here or …
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TWRA – Chuck Copeland Kids Free Fish Day – Canceled Hope all is well with you during these challenging times. I wanted to pass on to you that the decision has been made by our agency NOT to go forward with any public events in the foreseeable future which unfortunately includes the annual Chuck Copeland …
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NEWS RELEASE Contact: Roger Hinsdale – President (423)452-0428 tennesseenavy at gmail.com Watts Bar Lake ‘River Rescue’ and Shoreline Cleanup – Saturday, March 28, 2020 Read the full press release here.
The IJAMS Nature Center’s 31st Annual River Rescue event is being held on Saturday, March 28th. Please follow the link below (update soon) for additional information on the region wide effort. http://ijams.org/signature-events/river-rescue/ In the past we’ve had between 30 and 40 folks participate in the effort on Watts Bar Lake (WBL). This year we’re spreading …
The Tennessee RiverLine project aims to create 652-miles of continuous paddling, hiking and biking opportunities from Knoxville, Tenn. to Paducah, Ky. Author: Grace King (10News) Published: 7:07 PM EST January 22, 2020 Updated: 7:07 PM EST January 22, 2020 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In 2016, a University of Tennessee student had a vision to transform the …
The Rhea Alliance will be hosting its fifth annual scholarship bass tournament on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 with $8,500 in scholarships to be awarded in the two-day tournament. The bass tournament is open to Rhea County residents who are in the sixth- through twelfth-grade on the day of the tournament. The two-day event will …
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Loudon County Visitors Bureau and River Sports Outfitters are teaming up to hold a county-wide paddle Sept. 29 that will allow participants to explore Loudon County down the Tennessee River. The idea sprung up last summer when RSO opened a location at Lenoir City Park. “I think it started about a year ago when we …