Department of Environment & Conservation
Jim Fyke, Commissioner

By Cathy Justis

What happens to turtles when the weather turns cold? Cathy Justis tackles this question in the featured article for this issue, “It’s Winter – Where Are the Turtles?” Justis is the education director for the Memphis-based Wolf River Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the Wolf River Corridor and watershed.

(Photo to right) Stinkpots spend the winter
buried in the bottom of the body of water
they inhabit. Photo by Lisa Powers.

By Joel G. Zachry

While many of our natural treasures remain the same, our ability to enjoy them in winter, the fourth season, has been enhanced with better equipment choices. Joel G. Zachry of Kingston, a retired community college biology professor and co-owner with his wife, Kathy, of Great Outdoors! Adventure Travel, suggests ways to more comfortably enjoy the outdoors in winter in the article “Remember the Fourth Season – Revisited!”

(Photo to right) Kathy Zachry enjoys a winter hike
in the Smokies. Photo by Joel G. Zachry.

By Ryan Forbess

Find out more about a new museum at Pickett State Park that memorializes the Civilian Conservation Corps, who first developed the park, in the article “Honoring the CCC Legacy at Pickett State Park in Jamestown” by Ryan Forbess. Forbess, of Huntingdon, works for Tennessee State Parks in the Resource Management Division.

(Photo to right) Park rangers at work preparing
exhibits at Pickett State Parks’ new CCC
museum. Photo by Alan Wasik.

Also In This Issue

» Audubon in Tennessee

» Rising From the Ashes: The Modern Era of Tennessee Botany

» Scoping Out Spotting Scopes

In The Next Issue

» Powerful Pollinators

» Five Middle Tennessee Paddling Ideas

» Know Your Native Trees