All three species are known to live in the Tennessee River basin, while the Cumberland moccasinshell and Tennessee clubshell can also found in the Cumberland River basin. There are 65 known ...

Forty-six crayfish collected in the Ocoee River Gorge in southern Tennessee ... little crayfish that was rather unusual in its size,” he said. Initially, he thought it was another local species ...

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 ...

In this 1979 photograph, Jim Williams speaks during a protest against the damming of the Little Tennessee River, home or the Snail Darter, in Tenn. The fish was at the center of a battle between ...

According to Hammonds, the Alabama Bass is native to the Mobile River Basin ... reason the species is being detected in Tennessee’s lakes and reservoirs. “From that little stick of water ...

He was initially victorious in protecting the fish: In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled that “the Endangered Species Act prohibits impoundment of the Little Tennessee River by the Tellico Dam ...

Nearly 50 years after the snail darter temporarily blocked the construction of a dam in Tennessee, researchers at Yale University found that the endangered species technically is not a species at all.