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  2. Environment of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    In addition there seems to be a number of effects on ecological systems throughout the United States. In the state of Tennessee, one of the key effects of global warming seems to be the radical changes to the geological composition as well as wildlife health of the Ohio-Tennessee Basin. [2] Some of the changes to the Ohio-Tennessee Basin include:

  3. List of Tennessee state parks and natural areas - Wikipedia

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    Tennessee has 59 designated state parks, operated by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The largest park, Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail, is made up of land along the Cumberland Trail, stretching from Cumberland Gap at the Virginia state line to Prentice Cooper State Forest in Marion County, just northwest of Chattanooga. [1]

  4. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is an independent state agency of the state of Tennessee with the mission of managing the state's fish and wildlife and their habitats, as well as responsibility for all wildlife-related law enforcement activities. The agency also has responsibility for fostering the safe use of the state's waters ...

  5. List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee. McAnulty's Woods: 1973: Hardeman: private Only known example in western Tennessee of the upland forests of the Mississippi Embayment Piney Falls: 1974: Rhea: state (Piney Falls State Natural Area) Contains a rare virgin mixed mesophytic forest stand. Reelfoot Lake: 1966

  6. Tennessee Will Not Appeal Ruling Over Wildlife Agents ... - AOL

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    State law allows officers of the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA)—or any other state or federal wildlife agency—to "go upon any property, outside of buildings, posted or otherwise ...

  7. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

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    TDEC is legally responsible for the protection of Tennessee's air, water, and soil quality. As of 2006, the department had at least fourteen divisions: the Division of Air Pollution Control, the Division of Archaeology, the Division of Geology, the Division of Ground Water Protection, the Division of Internal Audit, the Division of Natural Heritage, the Division of Radiological Health, the ...

  8. List of rivers of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Elk River (Tennessee River tributary) Tennessee River: 195 mi (314 km) Fayetteville: Emory River: Clinch River: 46 mi (74 km) Harriman: Falling Water River: Caney Fork River: 46.8 mi (75.3 km) Cookeville: Flint River: Tennessee River: 65.7 mi (105.6 km) Flintville: Forked Deer River: Obion River: Dyersburg: French Broad River: Tennessee River ...

  9. Geology of Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi River as well as the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers formed and cut deep into the valleys. The Nashville Basin , which in reality is a geologic dome , was pushed up from underneath by a mantle plume , exposing softer strata that with additional erosion on the Highland Rim surrounding the basin expanded the size of the basin.