TWF - Stewardship

FEATURED PROGRAMS

Great Outdoors University

Hunters for the Hungry

TNSCTP

Tenn. Mitigation Fund

Camo & Casting Coalition

Legislative Action Center

Teaming with Wildlife

Right to Hunt and Fish

Special Reports

EVENTS

Conservation Awards

TWF's Specialty Plates Now Available at Your County Clerk's Office

Stewardship

TWF Announces In-Lieu Fee Program for Wetlands

The federal Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States, which includes wetlands. Yet there are times when the public good and economic growth requires that those waters be affected, and the need arises to offset such impacts – a concept designed to ensure no net loss of wetlands or important waters within a certain geographic area.

Among different solutions for mitigating unavoidable impacts to valuable wetlands, In-lieu Fee (ILF) programs – typically through a non-profit as a sponsor –collect fees on behalf of the public to pool together and fund the repair and maintenance of restored wetland mitigation sites.

Hunters for the Hungry

More than 11% of Tennessee’s children and 19% of the elderly go to bed hungry. Hunters for the Hungry is a program of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. Through this program, hunters and meat processors fight hunger by providing properly prepared venison to food banks and soup kitchens across the state. Donated venison provides hungry families a high-protein, low-fat supplement vital to a healthy diet. Also, venison donated to soup kitchens lowers food costs and puts more meat on the table at a critical time of year. As an example, donated venison allows the Nashville Union Mission to put meat on the table -- one meal in four -- at a time when many of their clients need the extra protein to keep warm while sleeping on the street. Click here to visit our TWF Hunters for the Hungry page.

Wildlife Viewing Projects

We snaked through the 800-acre Lewis property, unlocking and locking several gates that crossed the winding trails on their Campbell County property and that of the Sundquist Wildlife Management Area. We finally reached our destination; Tennessee's first and only public viewing area for elk, Hatfield Knob Wildlife Viewing Area.
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Wildlife Restoration Projects

Since the Tennessee Wildlife Federation teamed with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to release the first elk in December of 2000, a total of 167 elk have been relocated to Tennessee from Elk Island National Park in Canada and LBL in Kentucky.
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