Smithsonian Magazine25d
A Tiny, ‘Endangered’ Fish Delayed a Dam’s Construction in the 1970s. Now, Scientists Say the Snail Darter Isn’t So Rare After All
A lawsuit to protect the snail darter from the Tellico Dam in Tennessee offered the first real test of the 1973 Endangered ...
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Woman's body pulled from river after tip from fishermen, police say
Police said two fisherman on kayaks found the body about 7:45 a.m. in the Little Tennessee River adjacent to the Macon County ...
Newsweek26d
The Endangered Fish That Halted a Major Dam Was Never Endangered After All
began building the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River in 1967. In 1973, during construction, a group of University of Tennessee students and their biology professor discovered the snail ...
The New York Times1mon
This Tiny Fish’s Mistaken Identity Halted a Dam’s Construction
went snorkeling with students in the Little Tennessee River at Coytee Spring, not far from Tellico. There, they found a fish on the river bottom that Dr. Etnier said he had never seen before ...
Center for Biological Diversity3y
Historic Accomplishment: Snail Darter Recovered
Hill. The court upheld the newly passed Endangered Species Act at the request of conservationists and others who sought to protect the fish and its last free-flowing habitat in the Little Tennessee ...
Center for Biological Diversity2y
Snail Darter Swims Off Endangered List
Hill. The court upheld the newly passed Endangered Species Act at the request of conservationists, farmers, and the Cherokee Tribe, who sought to protect the fish and its free-flowing habitat in the ...
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How to Explore the Great River Road in Tennessee
As the Great River Road follows the Mississippi River is passes through Tennessee, it meanders through similar rural ...