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President Donald Trump signed executive orders to effectively slash environmental protections on more than half of the nation ...
The USDA is rolling back a 2001 rule that protected state land in the Cherokee National Forest in East Tennessee and the Land ...
Around 85,000 acres across the state, including pockets of the Cherokee National Forest, are currently protected under the ...
Over the last month, 50 volunteers have helped to remove 13,450 lbs. of trash from local waterways in Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful’s 4th annual Cherokee National Forest River Cleanup Series.
In 1838 and 1839, the majority of the Cherokee were forced from native homelands in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the new “Indian Territory” Oklahoma. The route has become known as ...
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.