HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS, AND NATURE WALK
SUNDAY - APRIL 23rd
LUNCH 12:30PM NATURE WALK 2:00PM
The Shoals Environmental Alliance - Rogersville Special Interest Group
is hosting a Nature Walk at the site of a proposed marina located two
miles southeast of Rogersville. The Walk will tour 91 primitive wooded
and wetland acres of TVA land near the mouth of the Elk River slated
for construction of the marina. The tour will begin Sunday, 4/23/06 at
2:00PM should be over by 4:30PM. You may want to wear sturdy hiking or
walking shoes, thick socks, long pants and bug repellant. The tour will
cover a total distance of about 2 miles over hilly wooded terrain. Most
of this easy walk will be made on a small road through the property.
The walk will be lead by Charles Rose, President of Shoals
Environmental Alliance and John Crowder a biologist with a private
environmental consulting firm. During his career Mr. Crowder has worked
for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Environmental Protection
Agency, and TVA.
The Walk will be preceded by lunch, including hamburgers and hot dogs,
starting at 12:30PM. The luncheon will be hosted by Bob Blanks and
Buddy Todd. Paper goods, plastic eating utensils, ice, soft drinks, and
tea will be furnished as well as tables for serving food. You may want
to bring a lawn chair with you. If you want to just drop by for lunch
and skip the nature walk, please do so.
You should know by now that TVA did exactly as we expected. They
ignored all of our concerns and objections to the marina/resort. TVA's
final Environmental Assessment (EA) indicated that our concerns were
about details that were of "no significant impact". In other words,
they ignored all of us who oppose the marina. The final EA will go to
TVA's Board of Directors for a decision. We expect to
proceed with litigation against TVA if alleged defects in the EA are
not corrected. Representatives from WildSouth and WildLaw will be
attending to answer questions. Visit http://tinyurl.com/k3zrc for an
extensive list of alleged defects identified by the attorneys at the
WildLaw environmental law firm.
Those of you who haven't yet contributed to the Elk River Legal Defense
Fund may do so at the rally if you wish. For more information visit the
Shoals Environmental Alliance - Elk River web page at
http://tinyurl.com/85e9q
Directions
From the Rogersville traffic light on Highway 72, go south 2.5
miles on County Road 91 (Lambs Ferry Rd) to County Road
605, turn left onto CR-605. Go 1.5 miles to the "Y"
(not the "Y" that you encounter after just 0.3 miles), then bear
left ( a sign will indicate CR-91 branches to the left and right, go
left). From that "Y", go 1.6 miles to intersection of CR-91 and
Bluff Drive (on the left). Turn left onto Bluff Drive. The
rally site is on the left about 100 yards north of the intersection on
left.
We will meet for lunch at 12:30PM. If you want to skip the lunch
and just meet for the Walk, continue north on Bluff Drive 1.4
miles until it "dead ends". This is where the nature walk will begin at
2:00 PM.
