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Published six times a year, The TENNESSEE CONSERVATIONIST is dedicated to promoting the mission of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation to preserve, protect and wisely use the state's natural and cultural resources.

Subscriptions are $15 for one year; $22 for two years; $30 for three years.

Phil Bredesen
Governor

Jim Fyke
Environment and Conservation Commissioner

Paul Sloan
Environment and Conservation Deputy Commissioner

Louise Zepp
Editor

Jeff Law
Art Director/Designer

Ventrese Louise Hall
Circulation Manager

Melisa Ricard
Administrative Secretary

Mailing Address:
The Tennessee Conservationist
Dept. of Environment & Conservation
Nashville, TN 37243-0440
(615) 532-0060

Congratulations to William Miller of Murfreesboro, winner of The Tennessee Conservationist’s reader survey. William was randomly selected from 64 eligible participants to receive the Weekend-Getaway at a Tennessee State Park. William first learned about The Tennessee Conservationist through his local library and has been a subscriber since 2005. An avid nature photographer, hiker and fly-fisherman, William enjoys reading about Tennessee’s natural and cultural resources, discovering new hiking opportunities and learning about environmental and conservation issues affecting our state.

Congratulations to William and thank you to all of our reader survey participants.

May Prairie plaque
A bronze plaque is presented to owners of designated National Natural Landmarks who agree to participate in the program and retain the integrity of the property. This is the May Prairie plaque.
Photo Courtesy of Division of Natural Areas

Feature: Tennessee’s National Natural Landmarks Contribute to the National’s Geological and Ecological History

You’ve heard of Reelfoot Lake and May Prairie, but you might not have heard of McAnulty’s Woods or Sinking Pond. These places, and others, share the designation of being a National Natural Landmark in Tennessee. In this edition’s featured article, Andrea Shea Bishop, a heritage botanist with the Division of Natural Areas in the Department of Environment and Conservation in Nashville, writes about the National Park Service’s National Natural Landmarks program in the story “Tennessee’s National Natural Landmarks Contribute to the National’s Geological and Ecological History.”

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Pyne’s Ground Plum. Photo by George Hornal
Pyne’s Ground Plum.
Photo by George Hornal

Stones River Battlefield Provides Refuge to One of Tennessee’s Rarest Plants
by Terri Hogan
Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro has become a sanctuary for Pyne’s Ground Plum, a rare plant in Tennessee. Terri Hogan, ecologist at Stones River National Battlefield, writes about the efforts to try to replicate conditions to grow this plant and to plant it in cedar glades at Stones River in the article “Stones River Battlefield Provides Refuge to One of Tennessee’s Rarest Plants.”

  
Lee Anne Faust helps educate a young man about wildlife on Earth Day at Bledsoe Creek State Park in Gallatin. Faust, of Tangled Wing Wildcare Conservancy Inc. of Gallatin, is joining forces to handle education endeavors with Joelton’s Walden’s Puddle Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center. Photo by George Hornal
On Earth Day at Bledsoe Creek SP, Lee Anne Faust educates a young man about wildlife.
Photo by George Hornal

Education and Wildlife Rehabilitation at Walden’s Puddle
by Louise Zepp
Walden’s Puddle Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center of Joelton plans a new collaboration in education by joining forces with Lee Anne Faust’s Tangled Wing Wildcare Conservancy Inc. of Gallatin. Plans are for Faust to handle the education portion of the program while Walden’s Puddle continues with wildlife rehabilitation. Read more about this in Tennessee Conservationist Editor Louise Zepp’s article “Education and Wildlife Rehabilitation at Walden’s Puddle.”

Also In This Issue:

  • Trees and Herbs Host Butterflies
  • An Artist’s Perspective of History at Fort Loudoun
  • Gruetli-the Swiss Colony on the Cumberland Plateau

In The Next Issue:

  • New Herbarium Database Pilot Program at University of Tennessee in Chattanooga
  • Partnerships Make a Difference at Harpeth River State Park
  • Wetlands –The Regulatory Nature

About The Tennessee Conservationist



The Tennessee Conservationist is an award-winning magazine recognized around the country for beautiful photography and engaging, informative articles about Tennessee’s natural and cultural wonders. The magazine fulfills its purpose without receiving a state appropriation as it is totally funded through subscription revenue, non-commercial advertising for Tennessee State Parks and environmental programs plus gifts and donations from supporters. Each bimonthly issue features the high quality photographs and articles the magazine has long been best known for publishing. The Tennessee Conservationist will be marking its 70th Anniversary in 2007, and I invite readers from across the nation to join us in celebrating this true Tennessee treasure.

Jim Fyke
Commissioner