NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — With 14 Tennessee State Parks funded under Gov. Bill Lee’s administration, there’s no sign of stopping the preservation of state land.
At the end of the legislative session in April, it was noted that Lee’s administration set the record in Tennessee for the most state parks created by one administration. Lee told News 2 that the state would continue the process for acquiring more land to build state parks and state natural areas.
According to Tennessee State Parks, several sites have already been selected to be future state parks, including:
- Devil’s Backbone State Park, which would include the existing Devil’s Backbone State Natural Area
- Fort Southwest Point State Historic Park
- Head of the Crow State Park, which is currently managed as part of South Cumberland State Park and would join together four state natural areas: Sherwood Forest State Natural Area, The Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter State Natural Area, Natural Bridge State Natural Area and Hawkins Cove State Natural Area
Middle Fork Bottoms State Park opened last August, and North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park opened last September…