With the demise of the Chevron, the Trump administration is now seeking to restore confidence in the scientific integrity of ...

Emergency personnel responded to a possible drowning in Lenoir City on Thursday evening. Emergency crews were dispatched to ...

The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency responded to the Tellico Dam Boat Ramp for a reported drowning. A TWRA spokesperson said they are investigating an incident ...

With lake season rapidly approaching, Loudon County is making sure boaters have the knowledge they need to be safe on the ...

The little freshwater fish swims in Eastern Tennessee rivers and was listed as endangered in 1973, a designation that halted construction of the Tellico Dam. The only problem? Scientists now say ...

The Trump administration intends to overhaul the Endangered Species Act by changing what it means to harm an endangered or threatened species as part of the larger White House campaign to spur ...

Regulatory drawbacks manifested almost immediately. NEPA and the Endangered Species Act led to much publicized (and mocked) delays in the construction of Tennessee’s Tellico dam after the 1973 ...

They now call it the ultimate David-and-Goliath story, the little snail darter against the mighty Tellico Dam, the New Deal giant Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), powerful Senate Leader Howard ...

The case went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1978, which ruled against the Tellico Dam's builders and ordered them to halt construction to safeguard the fish's habitat. Ultimately ...

In that case, the court addressed the issue of whether Congress had effectively repealed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by repeatedly funding the operation of the Tellico Dam and Reservoir ...

The Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that the ESA explicitly forbade the completion of any infrastructure project that was likely to result in the elimination of a species: the Tellico Dam, a $53 million ...