Casting a fly is not difficult if you let the rod and line do the work. It’s an art that requires skills that can be learned by all.
Fly Fishing is Not Hard: Here’s What to Expect
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Outdoor Pursuits
Top 10 Places to Recreate Outside in Tennessee
The Volunteer State offers a wide variety of outdoor pursuits. From hunting to hiking, you’ll be sure to find an outdoor activity in this diverse state.
Outdoor Recreation Pays Dividends
In all that we do, Tennessee Wildlife Federation serves to champion the great outdoors while taking a comprehensive, science-based approach to sound conservation and management policy and...
How to Bee
Beekeeping has exploded in popularity in recent years as more and more people become aware of the plight of pollinators. And what many are discovering is that honeybees are fascinating insects and...
Tony Campbell: Conservation Starter
As the Tennessee Conservation League’s first employee—and the executive director of the organization for 23 years—Tony Campbell set the groundwork for what would become the Tennessee Wildlife...
Tennessee’s Top 20 Fishing Destinations
Tennessee is lined with countless streams and rivers that run into more than 1,000 lakes. The square mileage of water accounts for a little more than two percent of the state’s total surface area....
Protecting the Hatchie Scenic River
Over the past ten years, economic development interests within the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) have conceived and begun to implement a plan to create a...
Elk History in Tennessee
Really? Elk are native to Tennessee? Elk are not only native to Tennessee but were hugely important to the way of life of early residents of the state, even helping to shape its landscape. “Many...
Monarch Butterflies: Here’s What You Can Do
The monarch, known for its bold orange coloring, rules as king of the butterflies. However, that reign is in danger of coming to a tragic end. In 1996, the population of monarch butterflies in North...
Birth Of The Tennessee Conservation League
Adapted from Dr. Marge Davis' "Sportsmen United: The History of the Tennessee Conservation League" The Tennessee Conservation League (now the Tennessee Wildlife Federation) was formed on...
Resisting Federal Overreach: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Proposed Ban on Tailwater Fishing
Sen. Lamar Alexander, with support from Tennessee Wildlife Federation CEO Mike Butler (left), spoke at a spring 2013 press conference related to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to restrict...
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