project brief

The Tennessee Bass Nation received $15,000 to rehabilitate lake habitats by cleaning shorelines, installing habitat structures, and removing 100 tons of trash from five Tennessee lakes with the help of local volunteers and high school teams.

Tennessee Bass Nation

Winchester, Tennessee

Award

$ 15,000

Funding Start Date

Nov 1, 2020

Funding End Date

Jun 1, 2021

Funding Partner

Brunswick Foundation

Project Objectives

  • Remove trash from shorelines with the help of volunteers and high school teams

  • Install and refurbish habitat structures, including stake beds and artificial habitats

  • Remove 100 tons of trash from five Tennessee lakes to improve water quality

Project Description

The Tennessee Bass Nation of Winchester, Tennessee was awarded $15,000 for a lake habitat rehabilitation project in multiple water bodies in Tennessee.

Lake cleanup efforts involving local volunteers and Tennessee BASS Nation High School Teams will pick up shoreline trash.

Expected results will be to install and refurbish 800 to 900 stake beds, construct 200 to 250 deep water artificial habitat structures, gather and sink 2,000 Christmas Trees, and conduct lake cleanups removing not less than 100 tons of trash from five lakes – Tims Ford, Normandy and Woods Reservoirs, Kentucky Lake and Percy Priest Lake.

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