Protected Lands
To date, the Trust protects over 17,000 acres through conservation easements, MOUs, and fee simple ownership.
Interactive Tennessee River Gorge Trust Map
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Threatened and Endangered Species in the Tennessee River Gorge
The following lists identify threatened and endangered species that are known or believed to exist in the Tennessee River Gorge. These lists were compiled using data from the USFWS.
* List updated 8/16/2017 by USFWS
Threatened Species
American hart’s-tongue fern (Asplenium scolpendrium var. americanum)
Large-flowered skullcap (Scutellaria montana)
Northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis)
Price’s potato-bean (Apios priceana)
Small-whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella)- historical range
Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana)
Endangered Species
Anthony’s riversnail (Athearnia anthonyi)
Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia)- historical range
Cumberland monkeyface pearlymussel (Quadrula intermedia)
Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas)
Orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Pink mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta)
Rough pigtoe mussel (Pleurobema plenum)
Royal marstonia (Marstonia ogmorhaphe)
Spectaclecase mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta)