[TN-Bird] Two recent birding-related items

From: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:29:09 -0400 (EDT)
Two items of potential interest to birders in the Knoxville-area and
beyond.

First, TVA has released preliminary plans for land purchased after the 
ash spill at Kingston Steam Plant including parkland, wetland areas,
and "birding trails" (that's a quote) along with soccer and softball
fields.  Plans call for development to begin soon and continue through
2014 so don't plan on visiting yet.  Conversion to dry storage of ash
will affect shorebird habitiat here but the proposed wetlands sound
interesting.  A .pdf file of the yesterday's presentation which includes 
computer renderings of the proposed development can be found here:

http://www.tva.gov/kingston/public_meetings/presentations/Kingston_Restoration_Concepts_final%208-2-11.pdf

with additional details on the meeting to be posted here:

http://www.tva.gov/kingston/public_meetings/aug2_2011.html


Second, those in Knox County may have heard that the county recently
sold the county-owned land leased to the mulching company in Solway to 
that company (with proceeds planned to go toward construction of a new 
Carter Elementary School) and how... oops... they accidentally included
Big Foot Park in the land sold.  Few people probably even knew about
this park... and, honestly, I knew it was there, have even been there,
but didn't know it had a name or was countly land (thought it was TVA
property).  But, this park at the end of Jim Jones Lane is one of the 
spots normally covered on the Knoxville Christmas Bird Count and the 
Knox County Spring and Fall Bird Counts.  A few years ago, we had the
first Cattle Egret for the Knoxville CBC from this spot.  This use got
mention in a story today by the Knoxville News-Sentinel...

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/aug/03/county-commissioner-critical-of-solway-land-sale/

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN



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