In the forest between Warner Park and Cheekwood, Nashville wants to build a road

In the summer, the Warner Park forest hums with cicadas, birdsongs and herds of deer. The tight, green canopy intertwines with fungi and boasts hundreds of species.

Ecologist Terry Cook is a fan of bats. He marches past a possibly 200-year-old oak to locate a shagbark tree, where bats often hide from sunlight.

“They love to get in under this bark that looks like it’s flaking off,” Cook said…

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