ELIZABETHTON â Tennessee Tree Day 2021 will once again be offering state residents a chance to make their communities more beautiful by planting native species of trees on March 20.
The effort is organized every year by the Tennessee Environmental Council, a non-profit organization based in Nashville. Thousands of volunteers across the state plant tens of thousands of trees at their homes, farms, businesses, neighborhoods and other locations on Tree Day.
Trees may be reserved at TEC’s website, www.tectn.org/TennesseeTreeDay2021, now through March 7. Participants are asked to make a suggested donation of $1.99 for every tree they reserve for planting on March 20.
Controlled burns planned on DOE Oak Ridge Reservation
Special to The Oak Ridger
The U.S. Department of Energy is initiating a series of controlled burns of grassland areas on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) Three Bend Area off Pump House and Bull Bluff roads, and other managed grassland areas off Bethel Valley Road and off Highway 58.
Continuing through mid-April, as weather permits, controlled burns will take place at:
• Freels Bend fields – up to approximately 284 acres of grassland and scrub;
• Gallaher Bend fields up to approximately 125 acres of grassland and kudzu;
• Solway Bend fields – up to approximately 62 acres of grassland;
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The U.S. Department of Energy is starting a series of controlled burns of grassland areas on the Oak Ridge Reservation this week.
The controlled burns could continue through mid-April, depending upon weather. The burns will be on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Three Bend Area off Pump House and Bull Bluff Roads, and other managed grassland areas off Bethel Valley Road and off Highway 58, a press release said.
The controlled burns will take place at:
Freels Bend fields – up to approximately 284 acres of grassland and scrub
Gallaher Bend fields – up to approximately 125 acres of grassland and kudzu
Thousands of Tennessee Residents Aim to Plant Native Trees on March 20th Jan 15, 2021 at 11:11 am by WGNS
Tennessee residents are invited to beautify their properties and their communities by planting trees on “Tennessee Tree Day,” March 20, 2021. The effort is organized every year by Tennessee Environmental Council, a non-profit organization based in Nashville. This event typically draws thousands of volunteers who plant tens of thousands of trees at their homes, farms, businesses, neighborhoods, and other locations of their choosing.
Trees may be reserved at TEC’s website, www.tectn.org/
TennesseeTreeDay2021, now through March 7th. Participants are asked to make a suggested donation of $1.99 for every tree they reserve for planting on March 20th.
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Pete Meenen and the Tennesseans We Lost to COVID-19
The state’s first resident claimed by a virus that went on to kill many more
On March 21, the Brentwood Family YMCA shared the news that Pete Meenen, a greeter at the gym and community center for more than 20 years, had died. He was the first person in Tennessee to die from COVID-19.
“Perhaps few faces in a YMCA are as recognizable as the greeter who meets the morning faithful, the early risers who start their day with us when the Welcome Center is a little quieter than usual,” the Brentwood Y’s operations executive, Roger D. Grove, wrote on Facebook. “For more than 20 years, Pete was that face in our YMCA, and his loss will be deeply felt by all of us, our staff and our members.”