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Think commuting to work is too much of a hassle? How about moving houses via pedal power. Five bikers in Chattanooga moved one of their friends entire house of furniture by bike recently, strapping couches, chests, even a washer to their backs, bikes, and trailers. The move was only 1.5 miles, but mileage is subjective [...]

Off Road Trails, a mountain biking guide to Tennessee The full-color glossy guide features 31 trail systems organized by city (Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Tri-Cities). Each system has fold-out topo maps, high quality pictures, and exhaustively researched descriptions. Tanasi, Big South Fork, Raccoon Mountain—all of the major fat tire destinations are detailed, including a couple of [...]

“To allow Stringer’s Ridge to be developed would be the same as bulldozing Central Park in New York.” —Jeffrey Shaerschmidt, president of SORBA Chattanooga, in support of efforts to protect a 97-acre slope on the edge of downtown Chattanooga. If the Trust for Public Land can raise the remaining $400,000 of the $2.5 million asking [...]

Corridor K is a route on the Appalachian Development Highway System that would cut through the mountains of southeastern Tennessee and southwestern North Carolina. The Tennessee Department of Transportation would like to build an east-west multi-lane super highway through this corridor to connect Asheville with Chattanooga, and one of the proposed routes travels right through [...]

Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival tours the South

The South made two top 10 lists for its regional rivers. On the bright side, Forbes Magazine named three regional cities to its best paddling town list: Chattanooga was heralded for its creek boating; Charlotte made the list for its Olympic Whitewater Center, and Washington, D.C. was lauded for the Potomac River and the lineage [...]

Olympic paddlers name top ten whitewater cities

Waste pond ruptures in Alabama—the second spill in less than a month

City hosts 100K trail race

For far too long, beer fans have had to fly to the other side of the Mississippi in order to get a taste of New Belgium’s popular Fat Tire Ale. The limited access made the beer a delicacy in Southeast, horded by the lucky few who could get their hands on the fine ale during [...]

Stringer’s Ridge, a 92 acre tract of land one mile from downtown Chattanooga has been a popular (and somewhat illegal) mountain biking destination for years. Miles of social trails and some freeride terrain has existed on the property, which has also been used as an unofficial dumping ground for litterers. Now, with the help of [...]

Across the nation on Friday, September 19th, activists will turn parking meters into miniature city parks, complete with lawns, trees, and benches. The movement celebrates National Park(ing) Day, a Trust for Public Land initiative to emphasize the need to create public green space in America’s cities. In over 60 participating cities, activists will fill meters [...]

Earlier this year, the EPA slightly raised the national air quality standard for ozone to 0.075 parts per million.