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Your Friends Board

Your Friends Board of Directors works harder and has more fun than anyone can imagine.  We are all volunteers in the finest tradition of the Volunteer State of Tennessee.  We are always looking for talent and have expanded the board in the past to bring new ideas, new faces and new energy to our work.  If you want to be involved all you have to do is join up and raise your hand!  We have plenty of work for you to do and have plenty of worthy projects.

Your current board includes:

Mary Priestley,  Sewanee, Tennessee  President

Henry Blizzard, Monteagle, Tennessee  Vice President

Joan Thomas, Sewanee, Tennessee  Treasurer

Ty Burnette, Monteagle, Tennessee     Secretary-Treasurer

Glenn Himebaugh, Murfreesboro, Tennessee     Historian
Professor of Journalism, retired from full time teaching at Middle Tennessee State University but still serving as an adjunct professor, widely published outdoor writer, editor of the Tennessee Outdoor Writers Association quarterly newsletter, our esteemed newsletter editor.

Nancy Crais,  Monteagle, Tennessee

Norman Feaster, Decherd, Tennessee
Attorney at Law with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, long time hiker, tri-athlete, conservationist
 

Jean Jervis, Sewanee, Tennessee
Food scientist retired, on staff at the University of the South, birder and wildflower enthusiast

Sally Hubbard, Sewanee, Tennessee

Eric Dempsey, Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee  Webmaster
Owner RUOK Studio, avid outdoor photographer

Peggy Cregor, Altamont, Tennessee
Owner www.cregoradventures.com and Friends volunteer coordinator

Directors Emeritus

Woody McLaughlin,  Nashville, Tennessee   Past President
Real Estate Investor and active hiker

Scott May, Memphis, Tennessee   Past President
Attorney at Law, one of our land projects experts

Latham Davis, Sewanee, Tennessee  Past President
Book editor and publisher.

Advisory Directors

Mack Prichard, Nashville, Tennessee
     Tennessee State Naturalist Retired, photographer, one of Tennessee's great treasures

Conservation Coordinator

Robert McCaleb, Cleveland, Tennessee

Coordinator & Membership Questions

Judy N. Anderson  Sewanee, Tennessee

PROJECTS

Our long term vision for the park includes:

  • Completion of the Park Master Plan, which includes the permanent protection or acquisition of land surrounding the park to create defensible wilderness boundaries

  • Preservation of the Fiery Gizzard Trail through conservation easements or property acquisition to keep one of the nation’s top twenty-five backpacking trails open to the public

  • Since the park was founded in the early 1970s, the cumulative area of the properties as grown from a little over 12,000 acres to 21,650 acres in June 2009.

  • Providing materials, funds and volunteer support for interpretive programs, construction projects, trail maintenance and park security

  • Creating and supporting opportunities for citizen involvement and education

  • Supporting ecotourism as an environmentally sustainable economic enterprise for Tennessee and the communities surrounding the park

  • Preserving biodiversity and a true wilderness experience for current and future generations

AWARDS

The Friends of South Cumberland State Recreation Area, Inc. is the recipient of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation 2001 Civic Volunteer Award.

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