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State And Local Officials To Discuss Feral Hog Regulations

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Tomorrow, state wildlife officials will meet with local representatives in East Tennessee to discuss the state's current hunting regulations for feral hogs.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials will hear from representatives in at least five East Tennessee counties:  Polk, Monroe, White, McMinn and Bradley.

Those five counties have asked the state to reinstate a dedicated hunting season for feral hogs in wildlife management areas. They also want property owners to be able to choose whether to use dogs to hunt feral hogs on their own property.

All agree that feral hogs are a widespread problem in Tennessee and other southern states, and are responsible for extensive damage to agriculture and the environment.  

TWRA regulations (2011) removed wild hogs from the state's big-game category. They are now considered a destructive species to be controlled by methods other than sport hunting.

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.