Former Tourism Director Is New Owner of Tour the Upper Cumberland

The Cumberland Plateau continues to offer remarkable opportunities for conservation and outdoor recreation. This region of Tennessee, stretching across the elevated tableland between the Tennessee Valley and the Highland Rim, remains one of the most biodiverse areas in the eastern United States.

Water monitoring efforts along Sequatchie River and its tributaries continue to document the health of aquatic ecosystems in the valley. Freshwater mussels, often overlooked but critically important as indicators of water quality, have shown encouraging population trends in several monitored reaches. The river's diverse mussel assemblage includes several species found only in the Tennessee River system.