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The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee: Test Your Knowledge!

Quiz Instructions: To find out how much you know about our work, click on an answer. Our interactive quiz will tell you if you're right or if you're wrong. You may be surprised ...

1. When was the Tennessee Chapter founded?

   1907

   1907 | Incorrect

   1951

   1951 | Incorrect

   1978

   1978 | Correct

   Our Tennessee Chapter was officially founded in December 1978, although the Conservancy had protected areas in Tennessee prior to that date.  Learn more

   1986

   1986 | Incorrect

2. Name the public landholding that was NOT protected with help from The Nature Conservancy ...

   Montgomery Bell State Park

   Montgomery Bell State Park | Correct

   Savage Gulf, Radnor Lake and the John Tully WMA were all acquired or expanded with land protection funds from The Nature Conservancy. Learn more

   Savage Gulf State Natural Area

   Savage Gulf State Natural Area | Incorrect

   Radnor Lake

   Radnor Lake | Incorrect

   John Tully Wildlife Management Area

   John Tully Wildlife Management Area | Incorrect

3. In 2007, The Nature Conservancy and the state of Tennessee teamed up to protect 127,000+ acres in the biggest Tennessee conservation deal since the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Where did this project take place?

   Western Highland Rim

   Western Highland Rim | Incorrect

   Southern Blue Ridge

   Southern Blue Ridge | Incorrect

   Mississippi Delta

   Mississippi Delta | Incorrect

   Cumberland Plateau

   Cumberland Plateau | Correct

   The Connecting the Cumberlands project took place on the northern portion of the Cumberland Plateau. Learn more

4. What area is home to the highest concentration of endangered species in North America?

   Cumberland Plateau

   Cumberland Plateau | Correct

   The Cumberland Plateau is blessed with an incredibly rich diversity of plant and animal species, many of which occur nowhere else.  Learn more

   Western Highland Rim

   Western Highland Rim | Incorrect

   Mississippi Alluvial Plain

   Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Incorrect

   Cumberland River

   Cumberland River | Incorrect

5. Tennessee has more caves than any other state. How many?

   20,000+

   20,000+ | Incorrect

   9,000+

   9,000+ | Correct

   Tennessee has more than 9,600 known caves. And researchers and spelunkers are finding more all the time. Learn more

   3,000+

   3,000+ | Incorrect

   1,000+

   1,000+ | Incorrect

6. Which Tennessee river is among the richest in animal species in North America?

   Elk River

   Elk River | Incorrect

   Cumberland River

   Cumberland River | Incorrect

   Duck River

   Duck River | Correct

   The Duck River is one of North America’s richest in aquatic animal varieties, including more fish species than all the rivers of Europe combined. Learn more

   Forked Deer River

   Forked Deer River | Incorrect

7. Which Tennessee river is the longest undammed and unchannelized (i.e., unstraightened) tributary to the Mississippi River?

   Hatchie River

   Hatchie River | Correct

   Tennessee’s Hatchie River is the longest freely meandering tributary in the southern portion of the Mississippi River. Learn more

   Elk River

   Elk River | Incorrect

   Duck River

   Duck River | Incorrect

   Buffalo River

   Buffalo River | Incorrect

8. Since The Nature Conservancy purchased Hubbard's Cave, the population of endangered gray bats there has grown from a low of 50,000 to ...

   75,000

   75,000 | Incorrect

   100,000

   100,000 | Incorrect

   300,000

   300,000 | Incorrect

   500,000

   500,000 | Correct

   Thanks to the Conservancy’s acquisition and subsequent cave gating of Hubbard’s Cave, the bat population has increased to more than 500,000.  Learn more

9. What notable animal and plant benefit from The Nature Conservancy's restoration of the mountain bogs of Shady Valley?

   bog turtle and wild cranberry

   bog turtle and wild cranberry | Correct

   The bog restoration work of The Nature Conservancy in Shady Valley is the single most important factor in protecting rare species like the bog turtle and the wild cranberry. Learn more

   coyote and mesquite

   coyote and mesquite | Incorrect

   bison and rhododendron

   bison and rhododendron | Incorrect

   bald eagle and cypress

   bald eagle and cypress | Incorrect

10. The Tennessee coneflower was assumed to be extinct until it was discovered in a cedar glade subsequently protected by The Nature Conservancy. Which Tennessee cedar glades has the Conservancy protected?

    Flat Rock Cedar Glade

    Flat Rock Cedar Glade | Incorrect

    Sunnybell Cedar Glade

    Sunnybell Cedar Glade | Incorrect

    Mount View Road Cedar Glade

    Mount View Road Cedar Glade | Incorrect

    all of the above

    all of the above | Correct

    The Nature Conservancy has played a major role in acquiring and protecting rare cedar glades in Tennessee.  Learn more