Current Field Projects
The TVA Natural
Heritage Project conducts fieldwork aimed at protecting threatened and
endangered species and environmentally sensitive areas on public land
administered by TVA.
Activities carried out by the projects staff members include monitoring species populations, educating the public, and managing and maintaining habitats, including caves at TVA-managed sites. They also conduct seasonal nature walks at TVA Natural Areas.
Current species-monitoring projects and their locations are listed here:
Plants |
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Mountain
skullcap monitoring |
Hamilton & Marion counties, Tennessee | |
Ruths
golden aster monitoring (Pityopsis ruthii) (picture) |
Along the Hiwassee and Ocoee Rivers | |
Green Pitcher Plant (assist the Nature Conservancy) (Sarracenia oreophile) | Towns County, Georgia |
Terrestrial animals |
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Winter
bald eagle survey (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
Norris Reservoir | |
Breeding bald eagle survey (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | Tennessee River Watershed | |
Gray
bats (Myotis grisescens) (picture) |
Caves
on TVA-managed lands Annual gray bat maternity cave survey |
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Indian
bats (Myotis sodalis) |
Tennessee River Watershed | |
Aquatic animals |
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Spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) |
Limestone County, Alabama |