The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

 

Office logo for the American Ecological Engineering Society

 

Technical Field Trips (afternoon of June 8th, included in full registration)

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) River Forecasting Center and UT Sedimentation and Hydraulics Lab Tour—This tour will visit the TVA Headquarters in downtown Knoxville and a new state-of-the-art research lab for river dynamics at UTK.

 

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Making Orange Green: Green Infrastructure Demonstration Sites Tour—This tour will visit campus rain gardens and constructed wetlands as well as head across the river to see a regenerative stormater conveyance at a local middle school.

 

 

picture of Beaver Creek

 

Beaver Creek Watershed Restoration Tour—This tour will head just north to Beaver Creek watershed and visit a stream restoration site and stormwater BMP park.

 

 

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Conservation Fisheries Presentation & Hatchery Tour—This tour will begin with a presentation by fisheries scientists of Conservation Fisheries on restoration projects and then tour the hatchery facility to see how sensitive fish communities are being protected.

 

 

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Monitoring Station—This tour will hike up to monitoring stations located within the Great Smoky National Park.  Space is limited to 10 people.


 

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Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 | 865-974-1000
The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System