Nature Conservancy: Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge Becomes Reality
August 24, 2023
August 24, 2023
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 24 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release:
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The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service establish a long-awaited wildlife refuge in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.
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For decades a variety of private conservation organizations, local citizens, and state and federal agencies have dreamed of establishing a public wildlife refuge within the southern Cumberland Plateau regio . . .
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The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service establish a long-awaited wildlife refuge in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.
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For decades a variety of private conservation organizations, local citizens, and state and federal agencies have dreamed of establishing a public wildlife refuge within the southern Cumberland Plateau regio . . .