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The existing herd of Asian elephants was relocated to a new 2,200 acres (9 km 2) habitat to accommodate eight incoming elephants who needed to be quarantined in 2005. This new area includes a 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m 2 ) barn and 20,000 sq ft (2,000 m 2 ) hay barn which is able to hold up to 35,000 bales of hay.
The Birth of The Elephant Sanctuary. The Elephant Sanctuary’s story officially began in 1995 with a single elephant named Tarra. An Asian elephant who spent much of her life performing in a ...
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]
Radnor Lake State Natural Area, also known as Radnor Lake State Park, is a popular state natural area and state park in Oak Hill, Tennessee within Nashville. The 1,368 acres (5.54 km 2) nature preserve lies just outside Nashville. Five miles of unpaved trails wander through the woods surrounding the lake.
The park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1934 and 1942 on about 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of land donated to the State of Tennessee in 1933 by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. CCC crews built hiking trails, a recreation lodge, a ranger station, five rustic cabins, and a 12-acre (4.9 ha) lake known as Arch Lake.
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Savage Gulf State Park is a 19,000 acre state park in southern Middle Tennessee. It was created in 2022 after being part of South Cumberland State Park for many years which had become to large to manage as a single park so a new state park was created. [1] The park will continue to be supported by the non-profit Friends of South Cumberland ...
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge is a part of the U.S. system of National Wildlife Refuges located along the Lake Barkley impoundment of the Cumberland River in Stewart County, Tennessee near Dover, covering 8,862 acres (35.86 km 2). It provides habitat for a wide variety of waterfowl and aquatic plant life in what is a largely wetlands ...