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The U.S. Department of Energy canceled all big game quota hunts scheduled on Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area due to the coronavirus pandemic. All 12 big game quota hunts scheduled for November 7-8, November 14-15, and December 12-13, 2020 at Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area are canceled. The cancellation is due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission to Oak Ridge ...

Local law enforcement vow to enforce litter laws in an effort to reduce the amount of trash accumulating on Sevier County roadways. Due to an increase of litter, trash, and cigarette butts in our area, the Sevierville Police Department and Sevier County Sheriff’s Office are partnering with Keep Sevier Beautiful in an effort to keep our roadways clean. Effective immediately, ...

Three counties have had their chronic wasting disease status changed due to the confirmation of the disease (CWD) in new areas of southwest Tennessee. Haywood and Chester counties have been reclassified from high-risk counties to CWD-positive counties after deer tested positive in the respective counties. Lauderdale County has been added as a high-risk county after a deer tested positive in ...

Tennessee wildlife officials will gather in Gatlinburg this week for their final meeting of the year, which will include an update on chronic wasting disease affecting the state’s deer population. The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission, the governing body of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, will meet Dec. 12-13 at the Edgewater Hotel and Conference Center in Gatlinburg. The committee ...

A Tellico Plains woman was seriously injured Monday afternoon in an attack by a humanized white-tailed buck deer outside a business in Maryville.  On Nov. 4, 2019 at about 12:40 p.m., a woman was seriously injured by a humanized, male white-tailed deer outside of U.S. Tanx, located at 110 North Springview Drive in Maryville. The injured woman was getting the ...

Five men have been fined and banned from hunting or entering any national forest as a result of a bear baiting investigation by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and USDA Forest Service. Monroe County Wildlife Officers and USDA Forest Service Officers from the Cherokee National Forest have closed a bear baiting case. The Forest Service and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a Cades Cove Stargazing Event on Saturday. Park rangers invite the public to escape the city lights and observe the natural night sky for an evening of viewing stars with equipment and instruction provided by the Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society. Depending on visibility, visitors will experience close-up observations of the planet Jupiter and ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Look Rock Picnic Area will reopen to the public on Friday, July 26, 2019. Park crews recently completed the first phase of a rehabilitation project allowing the site to reopen after being closed in 2013. “We’re glad that people will once again have the opportunity to enjoy a picnic as part of ...

See the beauty of the large sunflower fields during the 3rd Sunflower Festival in Knoxville hosted by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Legacy Parks on Saturday. Recognizing the public’s great interest in the large sunflower fields a few years ago, WMA Manager Bill Smith decided it would benefit TWRA and the public to have an event. “The sunflowers draw thousands of ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced the dates for viewing synchronous fireflies in Elkmont. Shuttle service to the viewing area will be provided on Thursday, May 30 through Thursday, June 6, 2019. All visitors wishing to view the synchronous fireflies at Elkmont must have a parking pass distributed through the lottery system at www.recreation.gov.  Every year in late ...