KODAK, Tenn. (WATE) — A new festival is coming to East Tennessee to celebrate one of the biggest supporters of river habitat health. Tennessee River Watershed Mussel Fest is set for May 17 from ...

It was originally discovered in 1957 in Abrams Creek, a Little Tennessee River tributary in the Great ... Oyster mussels are critical for the ecosystem and are often referred to as the “livers ...

An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United ...

Conservationists, farmers, the Cherokee Tribe, and others wanted protection for the little fish and the Little Tennessee River habitat ... the implications for our ecosystems.

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ... ecosystem restoration project in the history of the USACE Memphis District. Restoration efforts would touch more than 6,000 acres in ...