In the 2024 Tennessee General Assembly, the Federation tracked 150+ state bills related to wetlands, outdoor recreation, and more.
Conservation Priorities at the 2024 Tennessee General Assembly
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Land & Habitat
How Your Donation Improves Conservation
When you donate to Tennessee Wildlife Federation, you become a catalyst for change through our programs that focus on the perpetual improvement of conservation, wildlife habitat, recreation, and more all across our beautiful state.
New Bill Aims to Transfer WMA Away From State
Public wildlife management areas (WMAs) managed by the state agency are a valuable asset to Tennesseans and Tennessee’s rural economies, and Yanahli is one of the state’s most popular. Public lands...
75 Years of Conservation: Conservation is Collaborative
Conservation is no single approach or method. It’s a collaborative effort that often requires different perspectives to come together and compromise. This has been proven to us time and time again...
Senator Hagerty Supports Bipartisan Bill To Help At-Risk Wildlife
By National Wildlife Federation Senator Bill Hagerty has signed onto a bipartisan wildlife conservation bill, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, that will dedicate $1.4 billion annually to...
Mississippi River Facing Severe Ecological Decline
Tennessee Wildlife Federation needs you to support legislation that will safeguard and restore the health of the Mississippi River so that our wildlife and our communities have safe, clean water.
Addressing Tennessee’s Litter Problem at the General Assembly
On September 16, expert panelists organized by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) presented to members of the General Assembly to help inform them about the...
Public Lands Duck Hunting Access Increases
Statewide polling showed a large majority of waterfowl hunters were unsatisfied with the methods for selecting who could use a given duck blind on public land. Always in favor of more and equitable...
Collaborate Our Way to No Litter
Opinion article by Michael Butler, CEO of Tennessee Wildlife Federation, as it appeared in the Murfreesboro Post. Here’s the least controversial statement you’ll read today: We need to solve...
Senator Lamar Alexander | 75 years of Tennessee Wildlife Federation
As a two-term governor turned U.S. Senator, Alexander found Tennessee Wildlife Federation to be a critical part of advancing the conservation of our natural world.
Conservation Wins at the Tennessee General Assembly
This past legislative session, Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s conservation policy team was hard at work being your voice and monitoring more than 30 bills and rules that would impact our wildlife, waters, and wild places.
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