Honoring wild-animal rehab specialist

Melanie StatenOur Town Outdoors

On Thursday, March 7, the UT Arboretum Society will honor Lynne McCoy, an East Tennessee woman who provided rehabilitation to local injured and orphaned wildlife for 49 years. In a …

Start 2024 with a hike!

Melanie StatenOur Town Outdoors

Do you get overloaded on football, food and festivities? The UT Arboretum Society is offering a great alternative: start out the year on the “right foot” by joining our New …

‘Pint Night’ at Scruffy City Hall

Melanie StatenOur Town Eats

Maria M. Cornelius and Leslie Wylie Bateman will serve as celebrity bartenders for the Front Page Foundation’s “Pint Night” from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at downtown Scruffy City Hall.
Cornelius …

Eager: Why beavers matter

Melanie StatenOur Town Outdoors

Our modern conception of a healthy ecosystem is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once eliminated millions of beavers from North America’s waterways, according to award-winning environmental journalist, Ben …

Butterfly Festival returns

Melanie StatenOur Town Outdoors

The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society will present its eighth annual Butterfly Festival on Saturday, September 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UT Arboretum Auditorium and surrounding …

Yikes! A tick!

Melanie StatenOur Town Outdoors

Anyone who spends time outdoors needs to be aware of diseases that can be transmitted by ticks. Because ticks are so small, people might not even notice when they’ve been bitten by one. …

Exotic plants are taking over

Melanie StatenOur Town Outdoors

There’s a quiet invasion going on in our yards. Kudzu, privet, English ivy, Amur honeysuckle, Autumn olive, mimosa and several others were invited landscaping plants into our yards, but these exotics …