About the Cumberland Forest
The Cumberland Forest, established in 1947, is the largest field research unit in the UT Forest Resources Research and Education Center, encompassing 8,000 acres of Cumberland Mountain forest land in Morgan and Scott counties. This forest facilitates several large-scale forest management research and demonstration projects. The Cumberland Forest is also the site of some of the earliest stripmine reclamation research in Tennessee.
Richard Evans, Forest Resources Center Director, received the "Friend of Conservation" award for "Exemplary effort in planning and implementing the Hornyhead Branch Streambank Restoration Project". The award was presented on behalf of the Morgan County Soil Conservation District. Representatives of the Soil Conservation District, Forest Resources staff members, and other award winners attended the ceremony. The Forest Resources Center also received the 2006 Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award for the Hornyhead Branch Restoration Project. Read more about Governor's Stewardship Award...
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