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Report Shows Tennessee Waters at High Risk of Pollution, Destruction
Supreme Court Decisions and Agency Actions Have
Endangered Tennessee’s Waters and Wildlife

 A new report shows that many Tennessee waters are at risk from pollution and destruction because they may no longer be protected by the Clean Water Act.  Two major Supreme Court cases and subsequent agency guidance have severely weakened federal Clean Water Act protections in Tennessee and have fueled efforts to weaken state water quality laws.

TWF’s Great Outdoors University (GOU) program recently expanded to include Nashville youth and families in its programming.  GOU Nashville models itself after its successful sister program in Memphis and is guided by the same mission: to connect kids with the great outdoors in meaningful, life-changing and lasting ways. 

Anna Ransler was hired in April to be the Program Coordinator for the Nashville program.  Ransler became familiar with GOU and its mission during the summer of 2008 when she interned for TWF and wrote grants for the program.  She is a graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee) and previously worked for the Tennessee House of Representatives and clerked for the Environment and Conservation Committee, Higher Education Subcommittee, and Wildlife Subcommittee.