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Thrive Regional Partnership
(Map: Thrive Regional Partnership)
You don't have to travel far to see some of the world's most beautiful sights because we are surrounded by incredible natural treasures right here in the greater Chattanooga region. This summer, embrace adventure and see what's right around the corner by making your #ThriveBucketList!
Sam Lennon - Wild Trails
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Chattanooga Creek is located just south of downtown, originating on the western slopes of Lookout Mountain. It twists and turns through residential areas, industry, and pockets of wilderness. Chattanoogans have not been kind to this creek. There is a long history of contamination which lead to the creek landing on the EPA’s National Priorities Superfund in 1995.
Thrive Regional Partnership
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Hop in the car and cruise along scenic byways to discover greater Chattanooga from behind the wheel. Pick up the Summer 2022 issue of Get Out magazine or click below to see our favorite regional road trips, and much more.
City of Chattanooga - Dept. of Parks & Outdoors
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The City of Chattanooga is developing a Parks and Outdoors Plan that will offer a road map and path forward to reinvent Chattanooga as a city in a park—where a system of parks and protected open spaces connect people to each other, where all neighborhoods have well-loved and well-used parks, and where nature and its benefits are integrated throughout the city.
Learn more about the plan and how you can get involved.
Nataly Perez Manrique - Dogwood Alliance
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Foraging for mushrooms can be a fun and rewarding way to connect with the forest. It can also be intimidating to get started since there are over 5.1 million fungal species in the world and some can be poisonous. We’ve created a beginner’s guide to hunting for mushrooms. We cover laws you should be aware of, common edible species, and some basic etiquette rules to follow.
Outdoor Chattanooga
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Summer is in full swing! Outdoor Chattanooga is excited to share fun programs all summer, from Rapid Learning sessions to music events to South Chickamauga Creek Greenway activations. Check out these activities and more in the June newsletter!
Tennessee's South Cumberland Tourism Partnership
The iconic Stone Door Overlook at Savage Gulf State Natural Area. (Photo: Bob Butters)
There is a great deal of interest in helping the South Cumberland region improve its economy by encouraging responsible tourism. “Responsible tourism” describes a type of tourism that values and celebrates the natural and cultural attractions of an area, while respecting the values and traditions of the people who live there.
To encourage responsible tourism, area leaders have begun a new initiative to bring more overnight visitors to this area, and, more broadly, to stimulate visitor spending in local communities.
Tennessee’s South Cumberland Tourism Partnership (TSCTP), a newly formed nonprofit organization composed of local leaders and businesspeople, is working on both near and longer-term plans to help get the South Cumberland region ready to welcome these visitors, and to identify and promote responsible tourism opportunities that can create and sustain new local businesses and local jobs.
To learn more about the work of TSCTP, and to explore things to do and places to go in Tennessee's South Cumberland region, visit the website tnsouthcumberland.com.
Friends of South Cumberland
Like several of the Section B projects, this 100-foot piece of trail will help bypass a narrow and potentially dangerous piece of trail very close to the dropoff into Firescald Creek. (Photo: FSC)
Tennessee Valley Authority
(Photo: Joel Satore / National Geographic)
With a little help from TVA scientists, a noted National Geographic explorer swings by the Tennessee Valley to photograph endangered aquatic life as part of a worldwide collection of rare species.