By Peter Boucher When Anna George was a child, she would pester her mother to take her to zoos and aquariums. As she grew up, she conducted research in a variety of aquatic environments — from the Dauphin Sea Lab…
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Anna George: Aquatic Activist
TAGS: Aquatic life Chattanooga environmental education Freshwater fish sustainability Tennessee wildlife conservation
Green Visions
Chattanooga’s high-tech advances are seeded with grassroots principles By Molly Moore As dusk falls on the north bank of the Tennessee River, streetlights turn on at Chattanooga’s Coolidge Park. Rows of gleaming bicycles wait for the next morning’s bikeshare riders,…
TAGS: Chattanooga Climate Action Plan Coolidge Park Dave Crockett Energy Efficiency Energy Savings Heather Adcox sustainability
Showing Off Your Mussels: Powell River Restocks Declining Populations and other shorts
This fall, more than 7,000 juvenile mussels were released into the Powell River, the largest number of endangered mussels planted in the history of the river’s restoration project. The release was coordinated through a partnership between Virginia Tech, Lincoln Memorial…
TAGS: Chattanooga Daniel Boone National Forest fracking Mussels Powell River Sand Lick Fork area Tennessee
The Value of Running Water
By Molly Moore Appalachia’s signature streams and rivers braid together the region’s hills, hollows and pastures, offering fishing, recreation and transportation in addition to the planet’s most vital liquid. Rivers are so integrated into daily life that some people cross…
