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Skinner Mountain

View from Skinner Mountain
View from Skinner Mountain
© Byron Jorjorian

Located on the northern Cumberland Plateau, west of Jamestown and Big South Fork, the Skinner Mountain preserve encompasses 1,700-foot Skinner Mountain and 4,208 acres of woodland coves, native hardwood forests, caves, mountain streams, and waterfalls.

Location
Fentress County

Why the Conservancy Selected This Site
Tennessee’s State Wildlife Action Plan, completed in 2006, ranked the northern Cumberland Plateau as among the highest priority wildlife habitat in the state. In addition to its outstanding natural features, the Skinner Mountain area contains an abundant variety of native plants, aquatic animals, amphibians, and cave species. Many migratory songbirds (including the rare cerulean warbler) spend summers in the property’s forests, while several types of bats (including endangered species, such as the Indiana bat) spend winters and summers in the area. Rare trees on the property include big-toothed aspen and butternut. The Conservancy acquired this property in the fall of 2006.

What the Conservancy Has Done/Is Doing
Currently, the Conservancy is managing the land and conducting surveys of the bat population.