The State of Tennessee is investing in Dickson County with the groundbreaking on a new Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) work center to be located in Dickson.
“The new facility will serve as the headquarters for a team of burn permit writers that serves approximately half of Tennessee’s counties, as well as the office for the area forester for Dickson, Houston and Humphreys Counties,” according to Forestry Communications and Outreach Unit Leader Megan Carpenter.
The $4.25 million work center will hold administrative offices and store wildland firefighting equipment, and also serve as a meeting space for training, outreach activities and educational events for staff and the public…