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TVA - This Land Was Made for You and Me Javascript must be enabled for the correct page exhibit Skip to main content Toggle navigation Tennessee Valley Authority SearchWell-nighTVA Newsroom Careers Investors Energy Energy EnergyRight® Solutions Valley Renewable Energy Our Power System Transmission Technology Innovation Public Power Partnerships Environment Environment Environmental Stewardship Flood Management Lake Levels Recreation Shoreline Construction Permits Managing the River Economic Development Economic Development Attract Engage Serve Our Team Share this page You are here: Home Environment Environmental Stewardship This Land Was Made for You and Me National Public Lands Day 2018 is your endangerment to requite when to the lands that requite you space to live, learn, play, exercise, relax, explore and so much more. Here’s how to get involved. TVA manages 293,000 acres of public land—some of it wild and untamed, some of it cultivated with campgrounds, swim beaches, fishing piers, playgrounds, hiking trails, picnic pavilions and other recreational assets. Nearly all of it is misogynist to you year-round for your enjoyment. It is, in a very real sense, your land. Throughout the month of September, TVA will be triumphal National Public Lands Day 2018 (September 22nd) by inviting you to requite when to the lands you love. “National Public Lands Day 2018 is a unconfined time for all of us to take a moment to fathom these beautiful, unique and salubrious public lands and waterways wideness TVA’s seven-state service area,” says Bucky Edmondson, director of Natural Resources at TVA. “It’s moreover the perfect time to join us and people wideness the region in helping take superintendency of the Valley’s public lands.”Widenessthe Tennessee Valley, TVA Natural Resources specialists are partnering with local organizations to host wind-up and maintenance events on public lands and waterways. Volunteer for one of the following, and enjoy the natural upper that comes with caring for nature. SturgeonFest When: Saturday, September 15thTime: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ETWhere: Boat launch at Seven Islands State Birding ParkDetails: TVA and the Tennessee Clean Water Network will be offering tropical encounters with “gentle giants of the deep,” a.k.a. lake sturgeon. The event is centered virtually the hand release of lake sturgeon into the French Broad River, and moreover offers outdoor educational exhibits, self-ruling ice surf and supplies trucks. Kids of all month are welcome.TVA Contacts: Mark Odom, mlodom@tva.gov, and Aurora Pulliam admoldovanyi@tva.gov Douglas Lake theTrappyCleanup When: Saturday, September 22ndTime: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ETWhere: TVA Access at the end of Allensville Rd.Details: This yearly all-purpose wind-up is coordinated by TVA, the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Keep SevierTrappyand Sevier Solid Waste Inc.TVA Contacts: Aurora Pulliam, admoldovanyi@tva.gov, and Laura Howard, lhoward@seviersolidwaste.org Normandy ReservoirWind-upWhen: Saturday, September 22thTime: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CTWhere: Barton Springs public use zone on Lyndell Rd.Details: TVA, The Duck River Agency and Keep Coffee CountyTrappyare sponsoring and providing supplies for this effort to remove trash and litter from Normandy’s shoreline and sparse recreation areas.TVA Contact: Mark Morrissey, mtmorrissey@tva.gov Watts Bar LakeWind-upWhen: Friday, September 28thTime: 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. ETWhere: Watts Bar Dam ReservationDetails: Join TVA and the Watts Bar Lake Association for an island-oriented wind-up effort.TVA Contact: Scott Ledford, wsledford@tva.gov Family Hike at Little Cedar Mountain, Nickajack Lake When: Saturday, September 29thTime: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. CTWhere: Little Cedar Mountain Small WildZonenear Shellmound Campground and Nickajack DamDetails: Little Cedar Mountain is a dreamscape. We will hike to the wondrous overlook whilom the lake and discover oceanic habitat on the Pond Trail. Bob Butters with Outdoor Chattanooga will be one of the guides. The trail is four miles long and moderately difficult.TVA Contacts: Mark Odom, mlodom@tva.gov, and Aurora Pulliam admoldovanyi@tva.gov Norris Fall Island Invasion andWind-upWhen: Saturday, September 29thTime: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ETWhere: Several launch points; contact Julie Graham at infor@9lakeseasttn.com to registerDetails: TVA joins with the Norris Lake Project Team, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department and Big Ridge State Park to lead this lake-wide wind-up that reaches through Anderson, Campbell, Union, Claiborne and Grainger counties in Tennessee. The effort will focus on removing trash and trash from islands throughout Norris Reservoir, and moreover removing foam blocks from islands near Davis Creek and Norris Dam State Park.TVA Contact: Tim Pruitt, tdpruitt@tva.gov Worthington Cemetery National Public Lands Day When: Saturday, September 29thTime: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ETWhere: Elza Gate Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn.Details: TVA and Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning will lead an interpretive walk well-nigh the unique plant and bird life in Worthington Cemetery’s cedar waterless habitat. Afterwards, volunteers will do minor trail repair, pick up litter and help remove invasive/exotic plants.TVA Contact: Angela Sutton, ampolly@tva.gov Operation Inasmuch/Cherokee LakeWind-upWhen: Saturday, September 29thTime: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ETWhere: RSVP on cherokeelakeusers.net or email cherokeelakeusers@gmail.com to select from various clean-up sitesDetails: This yearly lake-wide wind-up is coordinated by TVA and Cherokee Lake User’s Association, which includes local marinas and Carson Newman’s Inasmuch Project.TVA Contacts: Tim Pruitt, tdpruitt@tva.gov, and Brian Stewart, jbstewart@tva.gov 50thYear-endof the Hiwassee Scenic River When: Saturday, September 29th Time: 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ETWhere: Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic Rivers State ParkDetails: Bring the whole family and join us in triumphal the year-end of the trappy Hiwassee stuff a Scenic River. This will be an daylong event with a hike on the John Muir Trail and a bladder on the river at the same time. Everyone is welcome to meet when in our group zany at Gee Creek for food, music and fun. There will be vendors set up such as REI and Starr Mountain Outfitters. TVA and others will have booths set up to help you with all your outdoor venture needs.TVA Contacts: Aurora Pulliam, admoldovanyi@tva.gov, and Suzanne Fisher, lsfisher@tva.gov Loyston Point National Public Lands Day When: Sunday, September 30th*Time: 9:00 a.m. ET to 12:00 p.m. ETWhere: Loyston Loop Trailhead on Lakeshore Drive in Andersonville, Tenn.Details: TVA’s recreation manager and mountain wanderlust guru, Clay Guerry, joins with the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club to host an yearly work day on the Loyston Point Trails. Trail users are invited to participate in unstipulated trail maintenance. Bring bikes and kids for a family ride once the work is done!TVA Contact: Clay Guerry, scguerry@tva.gov Tennessee River Rescue When: Saturday, October 6thTime: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ETWhere: 17 variegated throw-away sites; visit tennesseeriverrescue.org for increasingly informationDetails: Join this large-scale wind-up effort—founded in 1988 as a way to help embroider the Scenic City and protect its precious water resources—on Nickajack and Chickamauga reservoirs.TVA Contact: Mark Odom, mlodom@tva.gov *This event has been rescheduled from Sept. 29. 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