Revision to the Tims Ford Reservoir Land Management Plan

Note: The CEO approved the Tims Ford RLMP on August 10, 2026.  Alternative B1 was the approved alternative.  Please note that this website will be active until December 31, 2026.  After that point, the permanent website will house all relevant information about the Tims Ford RLMP.

TVA has approved a new Tims Ford Reservoir Land Management Plan (RLMP) in Franklin and Moore counties in Middle Tennessee.  TVA has reviewed the current land use allocations on the 4,685.5 acres of TVA-owned land around Tims Ford Reservoir and has finalized where changes were needed.  Based on this review, TVA has approved an environmental assessment (EA) reviewing four possible alternative actions and has determined that approximately 12.0% of TVA lands will be impacted.  TVA develops RLMPs to guide land use approvals, private water use facility permitting, and resource management decisions on TVA-managed public land.  See the Final Environmental Assessment below for an overview of the changes made since the Draft Tims Ford RLMP.      

A new RLMP must be consistent with the TVA Land Policy, the Natural Resource Plan and TVA’s Comprehensive Valleywide Land Plan.  For more information about the CVLP, please click here.

Below you will find the full Tims Ford RLMP available for review and information packets available for specific situations regarding the Zone 7 with Restriction parcels and Grandfathered Facilities on Tims Ford.  For additional information, please see the Overview of Proposed Changes, the Frequently Asked Questions (both in the right-hand side of the screen) and/or the interactive map below.  For questions, please reach out to [email protected].  

Final Tims Ford Reservoir Land Management Plan

Zone 7 with Restrictions Information Packet

Grandfathered Facilities Information Packet

Final Environmental Assessment

TVA has finalized an EA addressing the environmental impacts of the revisions to the Tims Ford Reservoir Land Management Plan (RLMP).  Based on public input, TVA chose to create an additional alternative (Alternative B1) that combines the management of Zone 7 with Restrictions from Alternatives B and D in the Draft EA.  This means that some Zone 7 with Restriction parcels will be eligible for individual facilities and some parcels will be required or highly recommended to have shared or community facilities based on site-specific conditions of the parcel.  This information is detailed in the parcel descriptions and Appendix C of the 2026 RLMP.  The Zone 7 with Restriction line also indicates whether the adjoining owners of the parcel will be eligible for an individual facility or will be required (or in some cases recommended) to have a shared or community facility.  Otherwise, Alternative B1 is essentially the same as Alternative B, with a few minor changes detailed in Appendix D of the RLMP. 

Any development or activity proposed in the future on public land will be subject to TVA approval pending the completion of a site-specific environmental review to evaluate the potential environmental effects of the proposal. As necessary, TVA would impose any necessary mitigation measures as conditions of approval for the use of public lands to minimize adverse environmental effects.

Final Environmental Assessment

Interactive Map

Please use the interactive map below to see the Final Tims Ford RLMP.  All alternatives are still available to see at this time.  Updated parcel descriptions will be available on the permanent Tims Ford RLMP website’s interactive map located here.   

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How to Use the Viewer Map (PDF)

Download Map – Final 2026 Tims Ford RLMP Map

Contacts

For more information about reservoir lands planning, please contact:

Lesley M. Webb
Senior Specialist
Tennessee Valley Authority
2835-A East Wood Street

Paris, Tennessee 38242
[email protected]

For more information about the environmental review, please contact:

Kelly Baxter
NEPA Compliance Specialist
[email protected]

For information related to other TVA matters, please contact:

TVA Public Lands Information Center
800-882-5263
[email protected]