page_title: Land Trust for Tennessee
section_title: Recreational and scenic lands
hierarchical_section_title: Land Trust for Tennessee / Protected lands / Recreational and scenic lands
caption_attribution_description: English: The Fiery Gizzard overlook in Marion County, Tenn.
context_page_description: The Land Trust for Tennessee is an American non-profit conservation organization working to protect Tennessee's natural, scenic and historic landscapes and sites. Since 1999, The Land Trust has partnered to conserve more than 119,000 acres of land across 65-plus Tennessee counties.
  The Land Trust for Tennessee is an accredited member of The Land Trust Alliance and a subsequent member of Terrafirma RRG LLC, The Land Trust Alliance's shared conservation defense service.
  Liz McLaurin is the President and CEO of The Land Trust for Tennessee. The organization operates statewide with offices based in Nashville and Chattanooga.
context_section_description: In some instances, The Land Trust for Tennessee partners with government agencies and non-government organizations to protect land for public use. Project partners include the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the National Park Service.
  On the Cumberland Plateau, The Land Trust has partnered to expand land and public access to South Cumberland State Park, Fiery Gizzard , the Mountain Goat Trail, Fall Creek Falls, Burgess Falls and (in cooperation with Sewanee, The University of the South) Lost Cove and Shakerag Hollow.  The Land Trust is the state of Tennessee's partner for the Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park, a long-distance footpath extending 282 miles from the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park to Signal Point in the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park.
  The Land Trust holds conservation easements on public parkland to ensure parks retain their use for parks and public recreation, including: Shelby Farms Park in Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville's old growth Hill Forest addition to the Warner Parks; Bowie Nature Park in Fairview, and Harlinsdale Farm Park in Franklin  and Lakeshore Park in Knoxville, TN.
  With Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Friends of Radnor Lake, The Land Trust partnered to expand the boundary of Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Nashville's 1,268-acre urban wilderness.
  The Land Trust protects over 4,000 acres in more than two dozen projects along the Tennessee corridor of the Natchez Trace Parkway, as well as scenic river corridors including the Hiwassee River in East Tennessee, the Duck and Harpeth Rivers in Middle Tennessee, and the Hatchie River in West Tennessee.
caption: The Fiery Gizzard overlook in Marion County, Tenn.
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