Birds on the Cumberland Plateau

June 16, 2020October 27, 2023

While it’s challenging to be “trapped” quarantining, it’s also a blessing. We’ve been able to spend time hiking and bird watching on the Cumberland Plateau. As Cumberland bird observers, we have noticed that there are so many birds on the farm. With that knowledge, we have been diligently working to create habitat for native and migrating birds. Soon, we’ll be sharing a lot more about them, but in the meantime, nature is great mental floss. Read more here and read about the Grasslands Initiative here.

Agriculture | Environment

Enhancing the Environment Can Lead To a Stable Economy

ByTiffany Crockett November 15, 2021October 27, 2023

We love our farm and work hard to find ways to steward the natural resources there while ensuring we’re a profitable operation. Working with environmentalists, we’ve developed a process to burn fields then graze our cattle there. We’re finding native grasses returning. From there, habitat and food for native wildlife will return, especially the birds….

Environment

Protecting and Restoring

ByTiffany Crockett September 10, 2020October 27, 2023

At Coal Creek Farm we are committed to generating profits while protecting and restoring environmental resources. We’ve had to make hard choices when invasive insects attack our native trees. We’ve been working with the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative to inventory the natural resources and restore lands that had been clear cut for years. We’ve deployed a…

Environment

New York Times Highlights Species Diversity

ByGeorge Lindemann March 8, 2022October 26, 2023

Take a look at this map. Go to the second letter N in the state of TN and look at the bright red coloration a bit to the left. That is the location of Coal Creek. I am thrilled the New York Times has run this story on the front page, highlighting the critically imperiled…

Environment

Invasive Species

ByTiffany Crockett October 14, 2020October 27, 2023

Cut Pile (download) Cut Pile 2 (download) Stump Video (download) This farm is some place special and I intend to manage it so that it maintains what’s breathtakingly beautiful and productive and enhances what needs to be enhanced. The maintenance of it includes management of invasive species. Invasives come as insects and trees. They come…

Environment

Saving the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow

ByTiffany Crockett February 5, 2020October 27, 2023

If you live in Florida, you know that fire ants are bad, bad news. They are particularly bad news for the ground-nesting Florida Grasshopper Sparrow. There’s some good news for the Sparrow, too. Though endangered, scientists have raised and released 100 chicks into the wild. Fire ants have made their way to the Cumberland Plateau;…

Environment

Here’s the buzz on Australian Bees

ByTiffany Crockett February 14, 2020October 27, 2023

Invasive bees can push the natives out. Over time, non-native bees have been introduced on the Australian continent. Scientists are now calling on residents to help them survey the kinds and quantity of the Australian bee population. Read more here.

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