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Updated: February 11, 2025 @ 5:21 pm
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation helped the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency add two tracts totaling 1,322 acres to the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area.
The Laurel Fork project lies in the heart of the Southern Appalachian elk range just south of the Tennessee-Kentucky border about 55 miles north of Knoxville.
69制片厂制作传媒淭his effort meets key RMEF mission priorities across the board including bolstering the eastern elk population by protecting elk range, opening the door to future habitat enhancement work and expanding public hunting access,69制片厂制作传媒 said RMEF President and CEO Kyle Weaver. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e salute our partners at TWRA and a landowner who recognized the value of conservation and access.69制片厂制作传媒
69制片厂制作传媒淭he acquisition of these tracts further expands the largest corridor of protected elk habitat in Tennessee. The lands have been added to the North Cumberland WMA, an area rich in biodiversity that supports federally and state-listed wildlife and plant species,69制片厂制作传媒 said TWRA Real Estate Manager Daniel Chuquin.
The transaction links together the Ed Carter and Highcliff Units giving TWRA a much greater ability to manage the area to improve habitat for elk, whitetail deer, black bears, wild turkey, grouse and many other wildlife species.
69制片厂制作传媒淛oel Pearman is the sole trustee of the Mildred C. Edwards Foundation and supported a generous donation of $200,000 to help with the project. Overall, the foundation has supported RMEF for nearly two decades, totaling $500,000 while making a sizable positive impact in Tennessee and the Southern Appalachians for elk and other wildlife,69制片厂制作传媒 added Weaver.
RMEF chipped in $100,000 from its 2024 eastern elk allocation and has a lengthy history in the region.
In 2002, two years after helping successfully restore elk to Tennessee, RMEF worked alongside partners to purchase and convey a 74,000-acre block of habitat to TWRA that is now a major part of the WMA. In 2021, RMEF helped partners add 850 acres to the same landscape.
In December 2023, just across the border in Kentucky, RMEF and partners completed the Ataya-Cumberland Forest Wildlife Management Area project that conserved and opened public access to 54,636 acres of private land.
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