The second Neighborhood Environmental College meeting took place at the South Chattanooga Community Center, featuring four speakers on the topic of water quality and outdoor recreation! We heard from Tennessee River Gorge Trust, Outdoor Chattanooga, H2O Life and a nature journaler/member of the WildOnes native plant group about their connection to outdoor recreation in Chattanooga …
The last NEC session featured two lectures on water quality! Thalika Hollingsworth, Source Water Protection Program Manager at Tennessee American Water, began the session with a captivating presentation on the origins of our tap water and the importance of maintaining its purity. The next talk was from WaterWays very own sustainable landscape ecologist, Rosy Harpe, …
Our third Neighborhood Environmental College session was one we’ve never had before. A consulting group in charge of the remediation efforts of the former Velsicol chemical manufacturing site in Alton Park hosted a mandatory public meeting to update the community on their practices and potential future use of the site. Given the history of contamination …
With Chattanooga recently recognized as a National Park City, our local Volkswagen plant hosted its very own biodiversity day to highlight the city’s incredible natural features. As you walk into the conference center on Volkswagen’s campus, you are greeted by goats from Audubon Acres! Not only were they available for kids to pet, but their …
On April 12th, Ivy Academy’s annual fundraising event, “Running With Sasquatch,” took off with a roar—and even left Sasquatch Winded! We had an incredible time supporting Ivy Academy’s mission to promote environmental education and stewardship alongside our friends at North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy, Cumberland Trail State Park, Chattanooga Audubon, Lula Lake Land Trust, and …
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On March 22nd, World Water Day, WaterWays and Hamilton County Parks joined forces to install a Litter Boom at the outflow of the Citico Creek watershed. In Chattanooga, all watersheds eventually flow into the Tennessee River, and the Citico Creek Watershed is particularly notable as it both begins and ends within the city’s boundaries. Starting …
The April lecture featured the conservation efforts of another local creature- the Eastern Hellbender. William Ternes, the herpetology keeper at the Chattanooga Zoo, took us on a journey through the history of North America’s largest aquatic salamander. Through the story of their evolution, we learned their unique adaptations highlighted by Ternes’ life-size hellbender model that …
On a chilly February evening, participants gathered around education stations set up by our very own Outreach & Education Specialist, Peri Anne Edwards. Simulating our stewardship activities geared towards our elementary students, these grown-ups stepped up and out of their comfort zone to try them out! Activities included identifying preserved specimens, determining water quality …
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