Stewardship

TWRA K-9 Wildlife Officers

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TWRA K-9TWRA's K-9 officer program officially began in 2004 with the training of two officers traveling to Kentucky to be trained as instructors.  They in turn came back and trained two more officers the following year.  In year 3, they trained three more officers and their dogs.  This brought the current total to seven canine teams in the state.  These dogs are trained to find wildlife, firearms, and to track people. There skills prove very useful in many situations each year across the state. Although the main focus of the K-9 program is law enforcement, the dogs and officers make many public appearances each year to school groups, and civic clubs. These interactions reinforce the positive role wildlife officers and their K-9s play in their communities.

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Tennessee Stream Mitigation Program

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TSMPThe Tennessee Stream Mitigation Program (TSMP), Tennessee’s in-lieu-fee program, was established under the TWRF in 2002. The TSMP was developed to serve as one alternative for providing compensatory mitigation to offset unavoidable stream impacts permitted through §404/401 of the Clean Water Act.  The TSMP is committed to providing meaningful mitigation by improving in-stream and riparian habitat and overall water quality. 

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Tennessee's Watchable Wildlife Website

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Watchable Wildlife WebsiteThe Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency went live in December, 2009 with its Tennessee’s Watchable Wildlife web site www.tnwatchablewildlife.org, which was developed in partnership with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation.  The new site features a wide-range of wildlife and wildlife-related information. 
“One main feature of the Web page will be an extensive review of the birds of Tennessee,” said Scott Somershoe, TWRA State Ornithologist.  “The page will have species accounts with information on each bird with features such as many photos for identification, songs to listen to, population status information, and where the best places are to see your favorite bird in Tennessee.”
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TWRA Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) program

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BuckThe purpose of TWRA’s Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) program is to determine if CWD occurs in wild populations of deer and elk in Tennessee.  CWD is an immediate and severe threat to the deer and elk of North America.  Once confined to a small area in the western United States, CWD now has been found in wild deer in additional locations, as well as in herds of captive elk in several states and provinces.  CWD can dramatically alter the management of wild deer and elk, and it has already begun to do so.  In numerous states where CWD has been found, efforts are underway to drastically reduce local wild cervid populations to eliminate CWD.  Wildlife enthusiasts, managers, and others must recognize the threat that CWD represents to our vast wildlife resources and take immediate actions to stop its spread throughout North America.
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