NASHVILLE --- Effective July 1, all Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Lake permits will be available for purchase online. Permits had previously been sold on-site through an honor system, or through local concessionaires. The permits and other licenses …
FAYETTE COUNTY --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will close Herb Parsons Lake until further notice. The closure is due to storm damage from straight-line winds on June 25. A storm with 70-mph. straight-line winds significantly damaged the lake …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be participating in Operation Dry Water, July 1-3. Operation Dry Water is a three-day period of enforcement and education about the dangers of impaired boating. The July 4th holiday means an …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approved four rule changes and established new regulations governing the sale of forestry products. Two additional rules concerning live captive wildlife and regulations governing raptors will be …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commissions returns to Nashville for a one-day meeting on Friday, June 23. The meeting will be held at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Region II Ray Bell Building with a 9.a.m. start. The Commission …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced the application period for the 2023 Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Big Game Quota Hunts. The application is now underway through July 26. There are 18 sites totaling 211 hunting …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has compiled figures from the state’s recently completed 2023 spring wild turkey hunting season. The total reported harvest is 31,802, a six percent increase from 2022 and a two percent decrease over …
NASHVILLE --- Tennessee’s 2023 Bobby Wilson Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 10 in Tennessee and all state residents and visitors of any age may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public waters. Additionally, those youth ages 15 or younger may …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is inviting the public to take part in the Agency’s wild turkey summer observational survey. The survey was opened to the public last year and will be an annual opportunity. The survey runs from June 1 …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports one boating related fatality during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The holiday period extended from 5 p.m. Friday through midnight Monday. The fatality occurred Saturday afternoon when a 43- …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is once again an active participant in National Safe Boating Week, May 20-26. The annual event serves as a reminder to promote safe boating activity and preparation for the summer boating season …
NASHVILLE --- A small boat with six persons aboard capsized early Friday morning (May 12) on Percy Priest Lake resulted in one death The body of 19-year-old Myo Kyo of Smyrna was recovered shortly after 7:30 a.m. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency …
CROSVVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency biologists responded to several calls concerning dead catfish on Chickamauga Lake this week. After covering 32 miles of shoreline, from the lower part of the reservoir to the dam, biologists found …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) announces the availability of $20,000 in grant funding to assist cities, schools, community organizations, civic groups, watershed organizations, and conservation groups with stream clean-up …
JACKSON, Tenn. --- 44-year-old Jason Perkins of Tiptonville was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for the illegal take of a bald eagle. Perkins was also in illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Following the prison sentence, Perkins …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, along with Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee chapter of the American Canoe Association, are partnering to offer low-cost kayaking instruction on Saturday, May 20. Instruction will be held at 13 …
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. --- The state’s 2023-24 hunting and trapping seasons were set by the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission at its April meeting on Friday. The Commission approved the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s recommendations to the elk …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host a Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Weekend June 3-4 at Buffalo Ridge Refugee in Humphreys County. BOW is designed for women who are interested in learning more outdoor skills or are new to …
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will set the state’s 2023-24 hunting and trapping seasons at its April 20-21 meeting to be held in Johnson City at the Carnegie Hotel. Commission committee meetings begin Thursday, April 20 at 1 p.m. …
NASHVILLE --- Tennessee’s 2023 statewide spring turkey season is set to open Saturday, April 15. The statewide opening date is two weeks later than in previous years. The Young Sportsman Hunt was April 8-9. Hunters are also reminded that the bag limit has …
