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NASHVILLE --- A special called meeting of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission will be held via conference call on July 15 at 10 a.m. (CDT). The only item on the agenda is a rule which establishes bear dog training sessions in the Cherokee National Forest.

Commission members will address concerns of the U.S. Forest Service regarding possible conflicts over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Since the TWRC was not scheduled to meet in July, the special meeting will be conducted by the conference call, so that any possible changes will be effective prior to the holiday.

NASHVILLE --- The final permit for participation in Tennessee’s first-ever managed elk hunt will go to the successful bidder in an auction that benefits the state’s elk restoration program.

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) reports that there was one boating-related fatality over the July Fourth holiday weekend. The accident claimed the life of a Murfreesboro woman on Kentucky Lake near Paris Landing State Park in the evening on Thursday, July 2.

NASHVILLE --- Caves located on land owned by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and other state lands in Tennessee will be closed for a year in an effort to prevent the spread of White Nose Syndrome (WNS) among the state’s bat population.

JACKSON, Tenn. --- Heavy rains this spring have resulted in extreme flooding that is effecting crop production on several West Tennessee Wildlife Management Areas according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). 

NASHVILLE --- Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials remind all those who visit the state’s waterways for the July Fourth holiday to be safe for what is annually one of the busiest weekends of the year.

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has released a report entitled “Climate Change and Potential Impacts to Wildlife in Tennessee,” a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on climate change and its expected impacts on fish and wildlife and the habitats that they occupy. For the remainder of this century, Tennessee’s climate is projected to get warmer, and precipitation patterns could also change dramatically.

NASHVILLE --- A special enrollment period for certain practices in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Incentives Program in a 28-county priority area is now underway as announced by the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation (NRCS). The signup period began June 15 and will continue through July 15.

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is teaming with the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) for “Operation Dry Water” the weekend of June 26-28.

NASHVILLE --- Four persons have won the right to participate in Tennessee’s first-ever managed elk hunt. The winners were announced Thursday during the June meeting of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Region II Ray Bell Building in Nashville.