Outdoors
The latest Outdoors coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Sports section.
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Area Sports Notes: Ryan McGinnis, Lindsay Mies win Riverbend 10k
Ryan McGinnis won the 10-kilometer version of Saturday's Riverbend Race in 37 minutes, 59 seconds, and Lindsay Mies repeated her 2017 women's win in 42:55, ninth overall.
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Tennessee Aquarium helps replenish state’s waterways with trout [photos, video]
A team of biologists and assistants pulled in to the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute on the Baylor School campus before dawn Tuesday. Months of work would come to fruition later that morning.
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Area Sports Notes: Mississippi State alumni dinner features Vic Schaefer
Mississippi State University women's basketball coach Vic Schaefer will be the special speaker for the MSU area alumni dinner June 19 at Christ United Methodist Church on East Brainerd Road. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the meal and program starting at 6:30. Admission costs $35 in advance or $40 at the door. To pay by check, mail it to Greater Chattanooga Chapter c/o Kit Parker, 854 Reunion Dr., Chattanooga, TN 37421. Schaefer's Bulldogs finished second in the NCAA tournament the past two seasons, going 34-5 and 37-2.
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Bass Pro, Cabela’s donating 300 fishing rods and reels to help get local kids outside
Local Scout Thomas Eitzen said he no longer enjoys fishing.
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Work begins to treat downtown Chattanooga’s scale-infested trees
Work to treat more than 500 infested trees in the heart of Chattanooga began earlier this week.
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Cousins Sierra Holder, Bree Roark returning to rodeo nationals
Georgetown cousins Sierra Holder and Bree Roark both expect to go further in the National Junior High Finals Rodeo at the end of this month than they did as first-timers last year.
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Outdoors calendar, June 7
Introduction to mountain biking: Today, 6-8 p.m., Greenway Farm.
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Estimated 50,000 fish killed in potential federal crime at Chattahoochee hatchery
An estimated 50,000 rainbow trout being raised at the Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery were killed early on June 4 when someone came onto the property and cut off the main water supply line, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and hatchery project leader Kelly Taylor.
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Area Sports Notes: P.J. Shields wins North Georgia Invitational
Dalton State College All-American P.J. Shields won the championship flight of the 2018 North Georgia Invitational golf tournament at Dalton Golf & Country Club with a 9-under-par 135 (68-67) for 36 holes Saturday and Sunday.
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Outdoor groups monitoring potential chicken plant in Walker County
Several outdoor organizations are monitoring a lawsuit filed against Walker County that claims government officials are secretly "conspiring to install a large-scale chicken slaughterhouse" in McLemore Cove.
