Anderson-Tully
 The 12,000 acre Anderson-Tully Wildlife Management Area, located in extreme west Tennessee, is a remarkable achievement. For decades, the land has been one of west Tennessee’s most popular hunting areas as well as an important habitat for neo-tropical songbirds. In 2001, a unique combination of financial support from politicians, private business, The Nature Conservancy and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency resulted in the land being sold by the Anderson-Tully Company to The Nature Conservancy for $15,000,000. Plans call for TWRA to eventually own the land and to continue managing it as the agency has for 45 years.
Wild Side Guide Alan Griggs tells us that Anderson-Tully includes one of the last stands of bottomland hardwood forests along the Mississippi River corridor and, because of the sale, will remain a home to songbirds as well as big and small game for generations to come. The funding agreement reached among the parties involved makes Anderson-Tully the largest Forest Legacy Project in Tennessee’s history and the largest in the Tennessee chapter of The Nature Conservancy’s history.
To find out more about Wildlife Management Areas in Tennessee, visit TWRA’s web site at www.tnwildlife.org or call 1(877)727-0014.
You can learn more about songbirds in Tennessee by visiting the web site of the Tennessee Ornithological Society at www.tnbirds.org.
Finally, for more information about the Anderson-Tully Company, visit www.andersontully.com.
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