FRIENDS OF SOUTH CUMBERLAND STATE RECREATION AREA, INC.
Savage Gulf    Stone Door    Fiery Gizzard

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Rappelling at Stone Door
May 22

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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:

Latham Davis, Sewanee, Tennessee    President
Book Designer, Publisher and Editor

Norman Feaster, Decherd, Tennessee  Vice President & President Elect
Attorney at Law with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, long time hiker, triathelete, conservationist

Mary Priestley,  Sewanee, Tennessee  Secretary

Phil Johnson, Hendersonville, Tennessee     Treasurer
Financial Planning Professional

Nancy Crais,  Monteagle, Tennessee

Glenn Himebaugh, Murfreesboro, Tennessee     Historian
 Professor of Journalism, retired from Middle Tennessee State University, widely published outdoor writer

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

Gray Campbell, Atlanta, Georgia   
Energy Services Business Professional, enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking and automobile restoration

Jim Myers, Monteagle, Tennessee

John E. Baggenstoss, Tracy City, Tennessee
Proprietor of the Marugg Company, civic leader in Tracy City

Ron Castle, Decherd, Tennessee
www.roncastle.com, web designer, strategic e-communications and search engine optimization consulting, video production

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

Charlie Nokes, Tullahoma, Tennessee
Retired but busier than ever, membership coordinator and event planner

The Reverend William Patten, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Episcopal Priest and Charitable Volunteer to a number of worthy causes

Advisory Directors

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

Web Master

Ron Castle, Decherd, Tennessee
     www.roncastle.com, web designer, strategic e-communications and search engine    optimization consulting, video production, Friends Life Member #1

Membership Questions

Patricia Johnson, Hendersonville, 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

  • 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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