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Article: Bricks&mortar.(Little Tennessee River)(Brief article) -...  -  Jun 1, 2008
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North Carolina Administrative Code - 15A NCAC 2B .0303 LITTLE TENN …  -  Aug 1, 2005
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450,000 gallons of wastewater reach Little Tennessee River over …  -  Feb 4, 2010
Macon County NewsBy Marla Dalrymple. The Town of Franklin reported two wastewater spills this weekend as a result of the winter weather that affected Macon and surrounding ...

Little Tennessee River (river, United States) -- Britannica Online …  -  Jun 3, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaBritannica online encyclopedia article on Little Tennessee River (river, United States), river rising in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeastern Georgia, ...

TVA Reinforces Dams Against Extreme Weather  -  Nov 24, 2009
Environment News ServiceTellico Dam is on the Little Tennessee River just above the main stem of the Tennessee River. This dam does not produce any electricity but directs almost ...

Article: River rescue recovers litter. - Chattanooga Times/Free Press...  -  Oct 8, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanoog... - HighBeam ResearchEtnier) was extirpated from Little Tennessee River upon completion of Tellico Dam in ... collected in nine tributaries of the Tennessee River in Alabama, ...

Tennessee Rules and Regulations - 1660-2-7-.18 TELLICO RESERVOIR.  -  Jun 14, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Tennessee Rules and Regulations - Loislaw...(n) Site #14 — Tanasi Yacht Club at approximately Little Tennessee River Mile 5.3. (3) All areas above are further identified as delineated by a line of ...

New National Recreation Trails Open to Explorers  -  Jun 9, 2008
Environment News ServiceLittle Tennessee River Greenway - This 4.5 mile hiking and biking trail parallels the Little Tennessee River and Cartoogechaye Creek and features three ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Jul 15, 2009
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThe Little Tennessee River flows north from Rabun County into Macon County and Franklin. Rabun is proposing to rehab a treatment plant at a now-closed ...

North Carolina Acts - SL 2008-125 Session 2008 — HOUSE BILL 821  -  Jul 28, 2008
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… Regulations - 18 CFR § 1304.11 Little Tennessee River; date of...  -  Jul 16, 2009
Pay-Per-View - United States Code of Federal Regulation... - Loislaw18 C.F.R. § 1304.11 Little Tennessee River; date of formal submission. As regards structures on the Little Tennessee River, applications are deemed by TVA ...

… Administrative Code - 15A NCAC 2L .0309 LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER …  -  Aug 1, 2005
Pay-Per-View - North Carolina Administrative Code - Loislaw15A NCAC 2L .0309 LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN No classification assignments other than those specified in Rule .0302 are made for the river basin. ...

Article: Nearly halfway there: Work on Market Street Bridge on...  -  Aug 1, 2006
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Franklin, North Carolina. The Franklin Press Online. The local...  -  Jul 10, 2009
Franklin Press..."I have every confidence that the people of Rabun County and the state of Georgia will work to protect the Little Tennessee River, which is very important ...

'Dragon' still closed by toilet paper truck wreck  -  Aug 2, 2007
Knoxville News SentinelThe Dragon is an 11-mile stretch hairpin turns along US Highway 129 as it cuts it way through the Little Tennessee River Gorge linking Tennessee and North ...

Tennessee Rules and Regulations - 1200-4-4-.08 UPPER TENNESSEE …  -  Jun 14, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Tennessee Rules and Regulations - LoislawBranch Mile 0.0 to Origin X X X X Little Tennessee River Mile 0.0 to 19.0 X X X X X X X Fork Creek ...

Distribution of the threatened snail darter (percina tanasi in the...  -  Jul 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Journal of the Tennessee Academy of... - HighBeam ResearchThe population of P. tanasi in the Little Tennessee River was lost upon completion of the Tellico Dam and its subsequent inundation of the river (Biggins ...

North Carolina General Statutes - § 143-215.22L. Regulation of...  -  Sep 12, 2007
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Article: MAN JUMPS INTO RIVER.(News) - The Kentucky Post (Covington …  -  Jan 19, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Kentucky Post - HighBeam ResearchEtnier) was extirpated from Little Tennessee River upon completion of Tellico Dam in ... collected in nine tributaries of the Tennessee River in Alabama, ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Apr 4, 2007
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThe possibility that a 40-acre island in the Little Tennessee River might be ... Rober Shutt moved to his house overlooking the Little Tennessee River to ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  May 20, 2009
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsWould a water-starved Atlanta ever come after the Little Tennessee River? ... “The flow in the Little Tennessee River is so small, it would never be thought ...

Knoxville: Little fish, big fight  -  Apr 19, 2008
Chattanooga Times Free PressStarted in order to save the snail darter, a small fish that was thought to have lived only in the Little Tennessee River and was endangered by Tennessee ...

Article: 3M fined for chemical used in Decatur. - Decatur Daily...  -  Apr 29, 2006
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Article: WISCONSIN ALAMANAC.(LOCAL) - Wisconsin State Journal ( …  -  Jul 22, 2007
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Opposition to development of Siler Road 'sprawl' rising  -  May 29, 2008
Macon County NewsOthers voice concern that the included bridge will negatively impact the waterway and natural habitat of the Little Tennessee River. ...

Article: Expanding Frontiers: an off-the-beaten path exploration of...  -  Nov 1, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Cruise Travel - HighBeam ResearchEtnier) was extirpated from Little Tennessee River upon completion of Tellico Dam in ... collected in nine tributaries of the Tennessee River in Alabama, ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Mar 15, 2006
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThe conservation agreement protects the water quality of the Little Tennessee River with forested buffers along the river while at the same time ...

Rabun to operate water/sewer facility upstream  -  Dec 6, 2007
Macon County NewsThe Little Tennessee River from Dillard to the Ga./NC state line is on the Georgia 303(d) list. The 'action to alleviate' water quality problems in the ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Dec 7, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News...“The Little Tennessee River was deep enough for flatboats as far as the mouth of Abrams Creek (located in the present-day Great Smoky Mountains National ...

Tennessee River  -  Jun 16, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe name of the river may have come from a Cherokee Indian village located on the Little Tennessee River and spelled variously Tanase, Tennassee, Tanasi, ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Jul 1, 2009
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThe plant would discharge into the Little Tennessee River, which flows north into Franklin and Macon County and ultimately ends up in Fontana Lake. ...

Article: Spring break: Chattanooga style. - Knight Ridder/Tribune | …  -  Mar 13, 2006
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Smoky Mountain News | Outdoors  -  May 11, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsA geological and cultural history tour of the Little Tennessee River and its watershed will be held Saturday May 14 and May 21 that traces the way the river ...

Article: Charge in Zakin death: Husband indicted in slaying of woman ...  -  Nov 9, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Decatur Daily - HighBeam ResearchEtnier) was extirpated from Little Tennessee River upon completion of Tellico Dam in ... collected in nine tributaries of the Tennessee River in Alabama, ...

Trout season opens on Saturday, April 5  -  Mar 27, 2008
Macon County NewsBarry Browning and son, Casey, from Franklin, fish the Little Tennessee River at the old airport trail portion of the Greenway. ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Sep 28, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News...floodplain protecting another half mile of Little Tennessee River frontage, at the confluence of Coweeta Creek with the river in southern Macon County. ...

Annual Stewartia hike set for June 26  -  Jun 18, 2009
Macon County NewsSince 1999, LTLT has helped conserve more than 12000 acres of land including 35 miles of Little Tennessee River frontage, multiple headwater streams in the ...

Drought State LIne Pictures from February 6, 2008 | HighBeam Research,...  -  Feb 6, 2008
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Dr. Bill McLarney to present keynote address at WNCA's 25th  -  Aug 9, 2007
Macon County NewsDr. Bill McLarney, a passionate defender of aquatic diversity and biotic integrity in the Little Tennessee River Basin, will present the keynote address on ...

Smoky Mountain News | Mountain Voices  -  Jun 1, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsHere in the WNC, they cleared the Little Tennessee River area below what is now Fontana Dam so as to establish Cheoah Lake. After the lake was flooded in ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Jul 12, 2006
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News...river than the Dillsboro Dam, has so much sediment that it is now flowing over the lake's own dam into the waters of the Little Tennessee River. ...

Smoky Mountain News | Outdoors  -  Apr 8, 2009
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThe Little Tennessee River flows north into Macon County and ultimately into Lake Fontana. The Little Tennessee Watershed Association is concerned about the ...

Sinking Boat Sales Pictures from March 21, 2008 | HighBeam Research, ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
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Stewartia hike: 'In search of the rare and beautiful'  -  Jun 28, 2007
Macon County NewsA swinging bridge over the Little Tennessee River had to be crossed to reach the second site of the blooming mountain camellias. ...

Smoky Mountain News | Outdoors  -  Feb 2, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsNeedmore's wealth of natural resources includes the Little Tennessee River, which is home to two federally protected mussels — the Appalachian elktoe and ...

Sinking Boat Sales Pictures from March 21, 2008 | HighBeam Research, ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchEtnier) was extirpated from Little Tennessee River upon completion of Tellico Dam in ... collected in nine tributaries of the Tennessee River in Alabama, ...

Smoky Mountain News | Outdoors  -  Nov 29, 2006
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsMore than 60 acres along Tessentee Creek and the Little Tennessee River surround the historic 1890 farmhouse. Diverse habitats like a red cedar savannah, ...

Franklin, North Carolina. The Franklin Press Online. The local...  -  May 14, 2009
Franklin PressThe Little Tennessee River Greenway has once again become the target of acts of vandalism. By Colin McCandless. The Little Tennessee River Greenway has once ...

New National Recreation Trails in 16 States Designayed  -  Jun 6, 2008
Imperial Valley NewsLittle Tennessee River Greenway - This 4.5-mile hiking and biking trail parallels the Little Tennessee River and Cartoogechaye Creek and features three ...

Smoky Mountain News | Outdoors  -  Oct 5, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThe agenda for the meeting includes a reception, guest speaker Brent Martin, associate director of the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee River, ...

LTWA Fall Hiking Series: Headwater Hikes  -  Oct 4, 2007
Macon County NewsAs the leaves change and the cool air moves in, the Little Tennessee River Association invites residents and visitors to explore the beauty of the Little ...

Local couple awarded for land stewardship .  -  Dec 14, 2006
Sylva Herald & Ruralite, The - Google News ArchiveThe annual award is given to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to land con servation in the upper Little Tennessee River basin. ...

Drought State Line Pictures from February 6, 2008 | HighBeam Research,...  -  Feb 6, 2008
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Franklin, North Carolina. The Franklin Press Online. The local...  -  Apr 14, 2009
Franklin PressProtection Division requesting a public hearing on Rabun County's application for a permit to discharge wastewater into the Little Tennessee River. ...

North Carolina Administrative Code - 15A NCAC 10I .0105 SPECIAL …  -  Aug 1, 2005
Pay-Per-View - North Carolina Administrative Code - Loislaw...(Little Tennessee River and tributaries); (w) Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus); (x) Tennessee snubnose darter (Etheostoma simoterum); ...

ORDER MODIFYING AND APPROVING FISH PASSAGE …  -  Aug 22, 2006
Pay-Per-View - US Fed News - Factiva, from Dow Jones...is the Santeetlah development, next downstream on the Little Tennessee River is the Cheoah development, on the Little Tennessee River below the Cheoah ...

Sylva Herald & Ruralite, The : LEGALSNotice: The Sylva Herald doesn't...  -  Aug 23, 2007
$2.95 - Sylva Herald & Ruralite, The - NewsBankThis facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to Blanton Branch in the Little Tennessee River Basin. Currently, fecal coliform and total residual ...

Weaving past, present and community  -  Aug 13, 2008
Blount TodayA large side deck that is partially covered has tables with umbrellas for patrons to relax by the Little Tennessee River. Inside to the right is a counter ...

Sylva Herald & Ruralite, The : LEGALSNotice: The Sylva Herald doesn't...  -  Sep 20, 2007
$2.95 - Sylva Herald & Ruralite, The - NewsBankThis permitted facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to Hurricane Creek in the Little Tennessee River Basin. Currently fecal coliform and total ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Sep 27, 2006
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsFirst, the county's Little Tennessee River Greenway Regulatory Ordinance does not specifically prohibit Segways on the Greenway. ...

Smoky Mountain News | Mountain Voices  -  Jun 15, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsIt was situated on the north bank of the Little Tennessee River about where ... Almost one mile above Fairfax post office on the Little Tennessee river, ...

ENTER THE DRAGON: 318 CURVES AHEAD  -  Aug 10, 2008
Pay-Per-View - South Florida Sun - Sentinel - ProQuest ArchiverIt housed workers building dams along the Little Tennessee River to provide electricity for the aluminum operations. In 1934, Tennessee Route 72 and North ...

One man's passion spurs group beautification effort  -  Aug 21, 2008
Macon County News...student Nick Potts created a Facebook page – a web-based social networking utility – dedicated to the beautification of the Little Tennessee River. ...

The Far Blue Mountains - The Cherokee Scout - Cherokee County, NC's …  -  Sep 30, 2008
Cherokee Scout...“Some of my friends in biology have found an endangered species in the Little Tennessee River, right in the middle of the Tellico Dam project area. ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Apr 27, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsConservation officials have announced the conservation of three additional farm tracts along the Little Tennessee River, each of which was made possible by ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Jan 9, 2008
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsWith shortages in Atlanta's water supply, there is the danger of water being diverted to Atlanta from the Little Tennessee River and the Tennessee River. ...

Federal Register 2005 - 70 FR 24870 Endangered and Threatened …  -  May 11, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2005 - LoislawAs a result, the Hiwassee River system and Little Tennessee River system populations are isolated from each other. This isolation decreases their ability to ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica...western North Carolina, US, 20 miles (32 km) wide and extending southwestward for 54 miles (87 km) from the Pigeon River to the Little Tennessee River.

Record heat could put TVA in hot water. | Article from Chattanooga...  -  Aug 15, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanoog... - HighBeam ResearchChattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN); February 8, 2005 ; 700+ words ... ... fishing on the Little Tennessee River and recalls "crying ... simply ...

Fly fishermen owe bug man  -  Mar 23, 2008
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionAsked his opinion of what to do with a tailwater on the Little Tennessee River, where warm-weather fish were fading away because of the cold water, he said, ...

Article: Appalachian aspirations; the geography of urbanization and …  -  Nov 1, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Reference & Research Book News - HighBeam ResearchJournal of the Tennessee Academy of Science; July 1, 2008 ; 700+ words ... ... discovered in 1973 in the Little Tennessee River, Tennessee, and at that time ...

Scott Barker Says Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority Is One...  -  Feb 7, 2009
Subscription - Wall Street Journal Online - Dow Jones & CompanyThe TVA has not faced as much heat since the 1970s, when environmentalists nearly halted the construction of Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River over ...

Developer wants TVA land for east Tennessee resort.  -  Feb 8, 2005
Free with registration - Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanoog... - AccessMyLibrary.com8--John "Thunder" Thornton grew up fly fishing on the Little Tennessee River and recalls "crying more than a few tears" over the construction of the Tellico ...

Preserve land sales opposed: State environmental officials say tracts...  -  Mar 4, 2006
Free with registration - Charlotte Observer - AccessMyLibrary.com...to the scenic Needmore tract, 4400 acres of newly acquired mountain gameland along the Little Tennessee River in North Carolina's western wedge. ...

Hodge: Shedding light on watersheds  -  Mar 9, 2008
Knoxville News SentinelThe water may have been temporarily in the Clinch River or the Little Tennessee River or even Beaver Creek, but before it left the area it went in to the ...

Fight Over Roadbuilding in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Settled  -  Feb 3, 2010
Environment News ServiceThe highest dam east of the Rockies, Fontana Dam across the Little Tennessee River was rushed to completion to provide electric power for the World War II ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Oct 24, 2007
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsOf the four options, three cross the Little Tennessee River. Those three provide little variation, however. “There is very little difference in any of those ...

GREAT LAKES, GREAT PERIL / SWELLING SOUTHEAST HAS …  -  Mar 23, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - HighBeam ResearchTennessee River drainage basin and its adjoining territory ... darter, which lived in the Little Tennessee River and was protected by the Endangered ... ...

Smoky Mountain News | Outdoors  -  May 3, 2006
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsWhen Cass and Mary Lou Combs attended a conservation celebration along the shore of the Little Tennessee River in Macon County last Friday, ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Oct 28, 2009
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsEarlier this month, Georgia environmental protection officials issued a discharge permit for effluent that will flow into the Little Tennessee River — but ...

NATURE ON THE EDGE; A small fish story  -  Jul 16, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverA 3-INCH-LONG FISH, DISCOVERED in one area of the Little Tennessee River in the same year the Endangered Species Act was signed, would prove an icon of the ...

Venable: Old wounds take a while to heal  -  Dec 3, 2006
Knoxville News SentinelPaul also operated a sand business where Tellico River fed into the Little Tennessee River. "They gave us $400 an acre for it," she told me. ...

Tennessee congressmen line up for earmarks  -  Apr 18, 2009
Chattanooga Times Free PressLargest request: $40 million to build a four-lane bridge over the Tennessee River and the Little Tennessee River in Loudon. n Zach Wamp, R-Chattanooga: $78 ...

Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 12695 Proposed Flood Elevation …  -  Mar 10, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - LoislawLittle Tennessee River........ At the North Carolina/ None [fn+]1088 Unincorporated Areas of Swain Tennessee State boundary. County. ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Apr 27, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThanks to the success of efforts to preserve the Little Tennessee River in Macon County, local conservation officials have been rewarded with additional ...

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Review of 14 …  -  Sep 20, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register - Factiva, from Dow JonesTennessee (yellow-blossom): Tennessee River, Elk River, Duck River, Holston River, Little Tennessee River, Citico Creek, Clinch River, and Cumberland River. ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Apr 18, 2007
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News...the preservation of the ancient Cowee Mound at 10 am on April 23 at Carter Branch, which is just across the Little Tennessee River from the mound. ...

Smoky Mountain News | Outdoors  -  May 17, 2006
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsA walk along the Little Tennessee River Greenway will begin at the Tassee Shelter and head south, crossing the Nickajack Bridge into Puc Puggy's Meadow to ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Sep 7, 2005
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsA presentation on the ecosystem, culture and biodiversity of the upper Little Tennessee River will be held at the Highlands Civic Center at 7:30 pm Tuesday, ...

Merck fund awards Blue Ridge Forever 105,000 for conservancy .  -  Dec 13, 2007
Sylva Herald & Ruralite, The - Google News Archive...to areas adjacent to the Appalachian Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway, to the Little Tennessee River basin and the headwaters of the New River, to the ...

Franklin, North Carolina. The Franklin Press Online. The local...  -  Dec 30, 2009
Franklin Press...as a group of county leaders concerned about the health of the Little Tennessee River, attended the Georgia permit hearing in Rabun County concerning ...

Enjoy cricket frogs before they're gone  -  Aug 31, 2008
Times Herald-RecordWell, remember the 1970s snail darter fish versus the proposed Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River? After a Supreme Court reprieve, Congress let the ...

Franklin, North Carolina. The Franklin Press Online. The local...  -  Mar 7, 2008
Franklin Press...the town of Franklin experienced a wastewater spill at 2:30 pm, Tuesday, of more than 1000 gallons at a manhole along the Little Tennessee River. ...

Franklin, North Carolina. The Franklin Press Online. The local...  -  May 23, 2008
Franklin Press...topics such as transportation, specifically Highway NC 28 planning, and recreation amenities including Little Tennessee River access and trails access. ...

Asheville area news briefs and announcements  -  Mar 2, 2005
Mountain Xpress...of an unrestricted user policy that allowed the public to set up camp anywhere along Needmore Road and other roads along the Little Tennessee River. ...

Great Appalachian Valley -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica20 miles (32 km) wide and extending southwestward for 54 miles (87 km) from the Pigeon River to the Little Tennessee River. The park was established in ...

Cross-country canoe trip stops by Florence .  -  Oct 26, 2006
Times Daily - Google News ArchiveHe is paddling up the Tennessee River to the Little Tennessee River in Lenoir City, Tenn. From there he will travel to Fontana Lake and then hike over the ...

LTLT celebrates first anniversary of Rickman Store project  -  Aug 21, 2008
Macon County NewsLTLT purchased the store as part of its mission to conserve the natural and cultural heritage of the upper Little Tennessee River valley. ...

The Smoky Mountain News  -  Jan 9, 2008
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsDuke has a dam straddling the Little Tennessee River at Lake Emory outside Franklin. Duke claims that removing the Dillsboro dam should count as mitigation ...

Developer wants TVA land for east Tennessee resort. | Article from …  -  Feb 8, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanoog... - HighBeam Research8--John "Thunder" Thornton grew up fly fishing on the Little Tennessee River and recalls "crying more than a few tears" over the construction of the Tellico ...

Appalachian Artists Festival to feature book signings by authors  -  06 Aug 2009
Cleveland Daily BannerThis history book tells the untold story of the community surrounding the Little Tennessee River and the personal stories of the people who were directly

Macon themselves heard  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsMacon County residents fearful that a proposed sewage treatment plant in Georgia will harm the Little Tennessee River turned

Etowah author tells story of 'Dam Greed' in debut book  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Daily Post AthenianPhoto Special to The DPA The Tellico Dam, near Lenoir City, impounds the Little Tennessee River to form Tellico Lake. Frances Brown Dorward enjoys

Dam Greed: The book Rings of Tennessee families were affected by ...  -  ‎Jul 19, 2009‎
Cleveland Daily BannerIt took her five years to write the memorial and book of history about the community surrounding the Little Tennessee River (Little T).

LTLT hosts local food gala  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Franklin Press..."working farm conservation easement" on the Spring Ridge Dairy - one of the largest riverfront farms at the head of the Little Tennessee River valley.

Sunday Drives: The Tail of the Dragon (US 129)  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Examiner.com...you will see several remnants of life before the lake including the pedestals of an old bridge that once crossed the Little Tennessee River.

Graham proposes takeover of Swain land  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
Waynesville Smoky Mountain NewsThe Little Tennessee River once served as the county line between Swain and Graham. When the river was dammed up and a vast territory along the lakeshore

Franklin protests state flood maps  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
Macon County NewsThis 1976 Flood Insurance Rate Map illustrates projected flooding along the Little Tennessee River in Franklin. The town has been considering joining the

Dillard House offers country relaxation and lots to eat  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
Examiner.comThe House is located along US Highway 441 in the Little Tennessee River Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains and two miles from the North Carolina border.

Disappointed in Airport Authority plans  -  Feb 19, 2009
Macon County News,Townsend and Trinkley were joined by Bill Dyar of the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee River in wishing that the whole process would have been more

The Naturalist's Corner  -  Feb 11, 2009
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News,Other area sites include the Little Tennessee River Greenway, Tessentee Farm and the Highlands Biological Station in Macon County, plus Kituwah (formerly

UGA wins $6.7 million grant to research in Appalachia  -  Feb 16, 2009
Red and Black,The new grant will allow researchers to focus on experimental and observational research in the French Broad and the Little Tennessee River basins,

Public to DOT: Save Our Bridge!y  -  Jan 30, 2009
Franklin Press,...representatives to rehabilitate, not replace a historic truss bridge that spans the Little Tennessee River in north Macon County, during a Jan.

Community lobbies DOT to save a piece of history  -  Feb 4, 2009
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News,Located off NC 28, the one-lane McCoy bridge over the Little Tennessee River is not only a community icon but part of the cultural heritage of the area,

Preservation or Policy: Community goes head-to-head with DOT  -  Jan 29, 2009
Macon County News,The McCoy Bridge is a onelane, 10-foot wide, aging structure crossing The Little Tennessee River. Alternatives included rehabilitating the existing bridge,

Planning for Macon County's future  -  Feb 3, 2009
Franklin Press,...sewer improvement to establish equalization basins, which will help avoid further sewer backups and spills near the Little Tennessee River Greenway.

Grab your boots & shovel! Friends of Panthertown work day set for ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
Macon County News,...cascading waterfalls, native brook trout streams and the headwaters of the Tuckaseegee River and the east fork of Little Tennessee River.

It's a small world after all: Resident brings Macon County global ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
Franklin Press,...taken from her mother's house where she grew up, with a view looking across a field and the Little Tennessee River towards Albert Mountain Firetower.

Outdoors: The North Shore Road revisited  -  Nov 4, 2008
Mountain Xpress,About the time World War II was declared, the Tennessee Valley Authority built Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River. In the process, the TVA flooded

RBC announces 2008 Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients  -  Oct 22, 2008
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),There is a lack of credible data on the ecological health of the Little Tennessee River, a watershed that supports a region undergoing tremendous growth.

Blue Ridge Forever names Little Tennessee River valley to ...  -  Sep 11, 2008
Franklin Press,LTLT serves as the lead conservation organization for two of the three largest focus areas in the Conservation Vision, the upper Little Tennessee River

Old Mill RV Park appeal narrowly fails  -  Sep 26, 2008
Franklin Press,She had explained that in July 2006, the Calafiores' bought Old Mill Campground (an existing business located along the Little Tennessee River) with the

LTWA project restores Tessentee wetlands  -  Sep 4, 2008
Franklin Press,LTLT acquired the 64-acre tract of bottomland and river bluff land at the junction of Tessentee Creek and the Little Tennessee River in November of 1999.

ENTRIX and the US Forest Service  -  Sep 9, 2008
Biological Research Associates,The project is located in the Little Tennessee River basin of North Carolina and Tennessee and includes three reservoirs and two bypass reaches that border

Father/daughter team join forces for ‘The Shops at Riverwalk’  -  Sep 4, 2008
Macon County News,...be “the first of its kind in that it will be a new construction and an architecturally pleasing community of merchants along the Little Tennessee River.

Enjoy cricket frogs before they're gone  -  Aug 30, 2008
Times Herald-Record,Well, remember the 1970s snail darter fish versus the proposed Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River? After a Supreme Court reprieve, Congress let the

First Presbyterian Church marks 175 Years  -  Sep 4, 2008
Macon County News,Slaves of Macon County resident Joab Moore, who resided along the Little Tennessee River, made the bricks at the river and furnished labor for the

Weaving past, present and community  -  Aug 13, 2008
Blount Today,A large side deck that is partially covered has tables with umbrellas for patrons to relax by the Little Tennessee River. Inside to the right is a counter

County utility plans may be cure for town’s water & sewer woes  -  Aug 7, 2008
Macon County News,...county manager provided a rough cost estimate of $3.5 million – which did not include any upgrades to the town’s Little Tennessee River Lift Station.

Streams of the Smokies - Forney Creek, Part 1  -  Jul 17, 2008
Smoky Mountain Times,Two other options for access by water are launching from the ramp at the lower end of Tsali Campground on the Little Tennessee River portion of upper

Graham County offers Smoky Mountain getaway  -  Jul 18, 2008
BlueRidgeNow.com,The Twentymile Ranger Station where many hikes start is located on the north shore of Cheoah Lake, the next lake downstream along the Little Tennessee River

America's Indian problem  -  Jul 19, 2008
Merinews,Traditionalist-minded Creeks, calling themselves the Ketoowahs after the sacred Cherokee town on the Little Tennessee River, held strong antislavery

Knoxville: Little fish, big fight  -  Apr 18, 2008
Chattanooga Times Free Press,Started in order to save the snail darter, a small fish that was thought to have lived only in the Little Tennessee River and was endangered by Tennessee

Sewage leak on Little Tennessee Greenway will likely continue with ...  -  Mar 27, 2008
Macon County News,By Marla Dalrymple This gray, muddy mess is the result of a sewer spill on the Little Tennessee River Greenway which occurred earlier this month.

Vandalism escalates on Greenway; reward offered  -  Apr 23, 2008
Franklin Press,By Colin McCandless, Reporter Greenway vandals have been at it again, destroying yet more property on the Little Tennessee River Greenway in Franklin.

Tellico Dam still generating debate  -  Apr 12, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,1936: TVA lists Tellico site on Little Tennessee River (at confluence with Watts Bar and Fort Loudoun reservoirs on Tennessee River) as one of 69 potential

Sandhusen offers photo exhibit ‘of a lifetime’  -  Apr 24, 2008
Macon County News,Inspired by walks along the Little Tennessee River Greenway and visits to one of many beautiful area waterfalls, she also loves seeing old barns resting in

Reeves: Little fish halted work on big dam in '78  -  Apr 12, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,...and in August 1973, University of Tennessee zoology professor David Etnier discovered a snail darter living in the Little Tennessee River.

Trout season opens on Saturday, April 5  -  Mar 27, 2008
Macon County News,Barry Browning and son, Casey, from Franklin, fish the Little Tennessee River at the old airport trail portion of the Greenway. “It is a small,

Venable: A great investment of 25 cents  -  Apr 16, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,...arguments on whether the darter's status as an endangered species should halt completion of TVA's Tellico Dam project on the Little Tennessee River.

ANWR's Spotted Owl  -  Apr 6, 2008
Enter Stage Right,The test case was a tiny fish called the Snail Darter, which was residing in the Little Tennessee River, which was in the process of being dammed up by the

Road across Fontana Dam closed  -  Apr 6, 2008
Asheville Citizen-Times,Lakeshore Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A hiker’s detour around the dam using the NC 28 bridge over the Little Tennessee River is marked.

Past county commissioners remember how it used to be  -  Apr 10, 2008
Macon County News,The first large reevaluation of property was done, and there was a Save the River campaign for the Little Tennessee River. The board revoked the tax-free

Merck Fund awards grants to protect landscapes  -  Nov 27, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,...to the Little Tennessee River basin and the headwaters of the New River, to the ecologically rich Highlands of Roan, Black Mountains and Snake Mountain.

Weeklong road closures to impact traffic  -  Nov 5, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,...in northern Macon County will be closed this week for repairs to a bridge over the Little Tennessee River, the state Department of Transportation says.

Railroad offers unique views of fall colors  -  Oct 20, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,From Bryson City on the Nantahala Gorge Excursion, the train goes across Fontana Lake on an 800-foot-long bridge and follows the Little Tennessee River into

Little Tennessee River  -  Jul 31, 2007
Cherokee Sentinel,A recent donation of a conservation easement to the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee (LTLT) protects close to a half mile of Little Tennessee River

Communal conservation of energy movement needed  -  Jul 23, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,She volunteers with the Little Tennessee River Greenway as president of the Friends of the Greenway (FROGs) in Macon County, leads nature walks and writes a

Mastering a mythical monster on a wild stretch of road  -  Aug 1, 2007
Scripps News,The winding, green-canopied highway along the Little Tennessee River gorge has been popular among locals for decades. The Internet has broadened its appeal.

Snorkeling With The Buffaloes  -  Jul 31, 2007
WBIR-TV,This happens about 5 miles downstream of Chilhowee Dam on the Little Tennessee River (which is Tellico Lake). Very few folks know about this -- outside the

Storms drench Macon County  -  Jul 27, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,Several rental cabins along the Little Tennessee River on NC 28 were also flooded. Light winds above the storm system likely caused it to remain over



Endangered mussel population declining  Nov 21, 2006
Biologists working in the Little Tennessee River, which runs through Macon and Swain counties and forms the Graham-Swain border, are noting an inexplicable and ... - Asheville Citizen-Times,

Biologists worried by decline in endangered mussel  Nov 23, 2006
...working in Macon and Swain counties say they're alarmed -- and baffled -- by a decline in the population of an endangered mussel in the Little Tennessee River. ... - WWAY NewsChannel 3,

Cowee mound purchase saves heritage, river  Oct 31, 2006
...important to everyone in that it is one more link in the campaign by the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee to preserve the upper Little Tennessee River basin ... - Asheville Citizen-Times,

Local group takes to the mountains on Segways  Nov 6, 2006
Hancock offers tours of the Greenway along the Little Tennessee River for nature enthusiasts interested in experiencing the flora and fauna from a different ... - Dublin Courier Herald,

Segway tours go off-road and onto the greenway  Nov 14, 2006
...looking up. A three-hour tour along the Little Tennessee River Greenway runs $44, and includes a bottle of water and snack. Right ... - DetNews.com,

Back on Home Turf  Nov 3, 2006
When the Tennessee Valley Authority dammed the Little Tennessee River and created Fontana Lake in the 1940s, several small communities were flooded. ... - Washington Post,

10-year-old boy helps steer school bus to safety  25 Sep 2002
...working in Macon and Swain counties say they're alarmed -- and stumped -- by a decline in the population of an endangered mussel in the Little Tennessee River. ... - Charlotte Observer,

Endangered mussel population declining  Nov 21, 2006
Biologists working in the Little Tennessee River, which runs through Macon and Swain counties and forms the Graham-Swain border, are noting an inexplicable and ... - Asheville Citizen-Times,

Biologists worried by decline in endangered mussel  Nov 23, 2006
...working in Macon and Swain counties say they're alarmed -- and baffled -- by a decline in the population of an endangered mussel in the Little Tennessee River. ... - WWAY NewsChannel 3,

Cowee mound purchase saves heritage, river  Oct 31, 2006
...important to everyone in that it is one more link in the campaign by the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee to preserve the upper Little Tennessee River basin ... - Asheville Citizen-Times,

Local group takes to the mountains on Segways  Nov 6, 2006
Hancock offers tours of the Greenway along the Little Tennessee River for nature enthusiasts interested in experiencing the flora and fauna from a different ... - Dublin Courier Herald,

Segway tours go off-road and onto the greenway  Nov 14, 2006
...looking up. A three-hour tour along the Little Tennessee River Greenway runs $44, and includes a bottle of water and snack. Right ... - DetNews.com,

Back on Home Turf  Nov 3, 2006
When the Tennessee Valley Authority dammed the Little Tennessee River and created Fontana Lake in the 1940s, several small communities were flooded. ... - Washington Post,
LTLT helps conserve 53-acre historic farm Mar 15, 2006
LTLT) recently acquired a “working farm conservation easement� protecting 53 acres of rich bottomland and a half-mile of Little Tennessee River frontage on ...
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News,

Dying toads may indicate extinction crisis Mar 15, 2006
In the United States, discovery of the tiny snail darter fish delayed construction of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River after it was listed as ...
Namibian,

Western Carolina hosts conference on social history in the ... Mar 8, 2006
...supremacy; social capital and activism in the New Urban South; service learning and The Keener Cemetery; and land disputes in the Little Tennessee River Valley ...
Asheville Citizen-Times,

Preserve land sales opposed Mar 4, 2006
...more than 600 acres are adjacent to the scenic Needmore tract, 4,400 acres of newly acquired mountain gameland along the Little Tennessee River in North ...
Charlotte Observer,

Queen triggerfish catch tops SC record Mar 2, 2006
Stanback has given millions of dollars for land protection programs, including the Needmore Tract along Little Tennessee River, protection of 20,566 acres ...
Charlotte Observer,

Winners of Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards announced Mar 2, 2006
He has donated millions of dollars to fund land protection programs, including protection of the Needmore Tract along the Little Tennessee River (4,467 acres ...
New Bern Sun Journal,

Protecting nature is an obligation, not a privilege Mar 12, 2006
In 1975, the Fish and Wildlife Service designated the Little Tennessee River as "critical habitat" the fish needed if it was to avoid extinction. ...
Poughkeepsie Journal,
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