This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre talks with Eli Harris, a botany student from Tennessee Tech, about wildflowers in our area. The two touch on what are some good tools to take along on hikes to better identify wildflowers, things to consider if someone wants to start a native flower garden at home, and some places in the Upper Cumberland where people can go look wildflowers.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre sits down with Trevor Daniels of the Upper Cumberland Grotto as they discuss caving in the UC. They touch on if the Grotto has gear they let people use or if they encourage members to bring their own, supplies recommendations for people to have from different kinds of rope to batteries for lights, & what are some caves Trevor would recommend that are easy spots for people to get into caving.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre meets with Ashley Woolbright, a local expert on animals in the outdoors as they discuss possums. They touch on some facts that clear up common myths about the possum that people may have, if there are any rehab facilities you can take an injured or abandoned possum to if needed in the future, Ashley talks about how she was able to keep two possums as pets through an educational work permit.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre visits with Casey Mullen, with the TWRA talking about a project to help the turkey population before the hunting season begins. They discuss how much predation or habitat loss plays into effect with the turkey population, when the effort really started to get the turkey population numbers on the rise, and keeping an eye out for any changes that have been made in the hunting & fishing guides that come out this summer.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre sits down with Mark Green from Vol State Community College in Cookeville talking about the spring installment of their outdoor workshop series. They discuss the outdoor culinary course that will be taught by a professional chef,  a fly fishing course that could be very popular that will have an two sessions, and Mark gives out initial contact info for people that want to know more about these classes.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre talks with Lauren Fagen, a local outdoors enthusiast in the Upper Cumberland. Lauren talks about her first experiences that led to an outdoor heavy background today, challenges that she's had to overcome within the sport, and what she would say to her young self about getting involved in hunting and fishing.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre visits with Jonathan Nelms, the Board Chair for the group Friends of Cummins Falls State Park. They look at the park receiving an RTP Grant that helped improve access to an overlook to see the falls, The Cumminns Falls Marathon and some more day-of info to go along with it, and what gave Jonathan his love for the outdoors.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre sits down with Bill Wisniewski with the Tennessee Trails Association. Bill talks about how he got involved with Tennessee Trails Association and how people can become members too, upcoming events with the Plateau Chapter with a short hike and a long hike, and the advantages people benefit from when hiking together.

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre is joined by Assistant State Naturalist in the state of Tennessee Holly Taylor. They talk about where the rest of the chapters are based at in Tennessee, how many spots are available in the class and what happens if you miss a class, and what the program means to Holly and other ways she's been involved. 

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This week on Upper Cumberland Outdoors... Host Brad Halfacre sits down with Anthony Jones, an Upper Cumberland resident with a deep background of hunting raccoons. Anthony talks about his experience of a life full of raccoon hunting, what is his favorite kind of dog to hunt with, and a couple of his personal stories of raccoon hunting with friends. 

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