Public Asked for Input Into Hunting Seasons

By TWRA

January 10, 2003

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is asking the public for input into the 2003-2004 hunting seasons.

The TWRA goes through a fairly lengthy season setting process each year that always begins with suggestions from the public. The next step consists of regional meetings where field level proposals from officers, area managers, and the public are meshed into regional recommendations which are taken to Nashville. There, the four regional proposals are considered by the Nashville staff of the TWRA. Final recommendations are taken to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission (TWRC), the governing body of TWRA, at their May Commission meeting.

The TWRA welcomes public input and will take written recommendations from all interested parties until February 7, 2003. All letters should contain the proposed change and justifications for the change. These will be reviewed by the regional staff and forwarded to the Wildlife Management Division in Nashville.

In West Tennessee (Region 1), write to: Season Recommendations, TWRA, 200 Lowell Thomas Drive, Jackson, TN 38301.

In Middle TN (Region 2), write to: Season Recommendations, TWRA, P. O. Box 40747, Nashville, TN 37204.

In the Cumberland Plateau (Region 3), write to: Season Recommendations, TWRA, 464 Industrial Blvd., Crossville, TN 38555.

In East TN (Region 4), write to: Season Recommendations, TWRA, 3030 Wildlife Way, Morristown, TN 37814.