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Habitats and Plants

Trash bag

Keeping It Clean

Students and volunteers board boats to help keep TVA’s Fontana Reservoir clean.

Holding bat

The Night Shift

Fast-flying, insect-eating bats matter. Meet the biologists who net them all night to keep tabs on their health.

Welding cave gates

Got Gates?

What lurks in TVA’s caves? A lot of litter – prompting biologists to gate caves

Standing in water with siene net.

Everything Under the Sun

At a North Alabama site, rare fish, native grasslands and solar energy flourish together.

Building fish habitat structures

Sunken Treasure

What’s rough, spiky and sunk under TVA reservoir waters? Engineered fish habitats, made possible by TVA and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Kayaks on river

Back From the Brink

TVA and its partners work to protect rare species and their habitats in a biodiversity hotspot.

Taking photo with cell phone

Nature Counts

Record number of volunteers join BioBlitz on Raccoon Mountain hiking trails.

Painted Bluff in Alabama

People Saving Places

National Historic Preservation Month spotlights TVA’s archaeologists, historians and cultural resources specialists.

TVA biologist snorkeling in river

Dive Into Snorkel Trails

Snorkelers can discover underwater wonders at a series of aquatic trails.

People walking on trail

Walk on the Wild Side

Outdoor explorers delight in spring blooms at TVA’s guided Wildflower Walk.

Mariam Ali and Ian Doud

Creating Conservationists

How do you nurture the next generation of conservationists? TVA-funded ZooCrew program excites teens with real-world science.

Cicada

Cicada Cycles Benefit Valley Region

When a new brood of cicadas emerges, it helps forests, animals and people.

TVA fire crew

Restoring the Land

The prescription for healthy grasslands, good hay and habitat? Carefully controlled fires.

Monarch butterfly

Think Like a Butterfly

How do monarchs see the world? Award-winning model ranks top TVA habitats for at-risk butterflies.

TVA watershed representative and volunteers planting a tree

Just Keep Growing

Valued partnerships give rise to tree-planting projects throughout the Valley region.

Hikers

Build a New Year’s Green Routine

TVA’s experts offer their top tips for environmental stewardship in the new year.

Butterflies

Plant a Pollinator Paradise

Top tips for growing native plants that attract birds, bees and butterflies.

Stephen Turner Conducting Eelgrass Survey

The Eelgrass Battle

TVA and its partners are working to wrangle an invasive species of eelgrass at Guntersville Reservoir.