TVA's Tellico project reshapes Little Tennessee River region
Historical survey recalls TVA bold years of flood control power development and river transformation. It notes Tellico Dam's approval in 1966, cost estimates and environmental challenges, including a 21 month halt over impact studies, as part of the TVA saga in the Tennessee Valley.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Paducah
Knoxville
South
Chamber of Commerce
Tellico
Washington
Tennessee
Little
Snail darter saga tests Endangered Species Act
A TVA tellico dam dispute news chronicles the snail darter fish, early 1970s law, and court battles. It covers Hiram Hill Jr and Zygmunt Plater shaping the case, federal agencies clashing over dam completion, and the 1978 Supreme Court argument as Bell presents the snail darter before the justices. The piece links environmental protection to broader questions of progress and human needs.
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Hiram Hill
University of Tennessee
Etnier
Plater
Hiram G. Hill Jr
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tellico
Department of Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
Interior
Keith M. Schreiner
Fish and Wildlife
Federal District Court
Congress
6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Statute of Interior
Tellico Dam
Richard Fitz
Keith Shreiner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Griffin Boyette Bell
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Zygmunt Plater
High Court
Bell
Supreme Court
Brief historical trivia on notable events
The text references JFK winning the 1957 Pulitzer for Profiles in Courage. It notes Zeuxis dying from laughter at a painting, Horace Greeley founding the New Yorker in 1834, and Puerto Rico becoming a U S territory in 1917.
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John F. Kennedy
Horace Greeley
The
New Yorker
Puerto Rico
United States
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Little Tennessee
Little Tennessee River
Tennessee River
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Percina Imostoma Tanasi
Ting Let
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David Etnier
Aubrey Wagner
David Ethier
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Zeuxis
Cedar Rapids Area
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