[TN-Bird] DEDICATION OF CUMBERLAND FOREST/SUNDQUIST WMA

TNBIRDERS:
The dedication of the new 74,000-acre Sundquist Wildlife Management Area will 
occur this Saturday, February 22. The WMA will connect Royal Blue Wildlife 
Management Area and Frozen Head State Natural Area, creating a parcel of 
publicly-owned land that is the third largest in the state. Acquisition of the 
area was made possible through a coalition of private partners and federal 
grant awards acquired in part due to the tremendous importance of the area to 
forest songbirds, particularly the cerulean warbler and golden-winged warbler. 
Data collected by many TOS volunteers as part of the Cerulean and Golden-winged 
Warbler Atlases as well as that collected over years of point count surveys was 
integral to creating the justification that lead to the grant awards. I hope 
that many TnBIRDers will join TWRA this weekend to celebrate the dedication of 
this property to the public trust.  For details, see the TWRA web page at 
www.tnwildlife.org. If you are interested in going, a shuttle service will 
carry people from the parking lot of the Antioch Church off Norma Road (see 
directions on web page) starting at 9 am.  Please dress warmly and ready for 
inclement weather (including rain and snow). It would be wonderful to see a 
good turnout of birders to celebrate this exciting step in bird conservation in 
Tennessee.

Hope to see you there.         


Troy Ettel
State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 781-6653
Troy.Ettel@xxxxxxxxxxx

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