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Wildlife committee recommends creating 7,000‑acre Hatchie River Wildlife Management Area and preliminarily sets hunting seasons
Summary
The wildlife committee voted to recommend proclamation 26‑01 establishing roughly 7,000 acres as the Hatchie River WMA and recommended proclamation 26‑02 (hunting seasons and bag limits) to the full commission; funding sources cited included a governor legacy appropriation, wetlands fund, and a National Wild Turkey Federation grant.
The wildlife committee recommended that the full Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission establish the Hatchie River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and forwarded proposed hunting seasons and bag limits for commission action.
Patrick Lemmons, Region 1 wildlife program manager, presented proclamation 26‑01, describing two acquisition tracks totaling approximately 7,400 acres and 1,273 acres (presenter gave acreage ranges) spanning…
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