Conserving Tennessee's Forests

Last week the state of Tennessee completed its largest land conservation project since the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. "Connecting the Cumberlands" brings 127,000 acres of forest land in four counties under state protection. The Nature Conservancy helped broker the acquisition of several parcels. Dr. John Weins is that organization's chief scientist. He tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd the right way to protect these new public forests is to carefully manage their use. And that doesn't always mean a putting a ban on development...

Posted by mpowell7 at November 15, 2007 05:45 PM | Links to this post
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