Greetings, outdoorspeople!
- Weekend forecast: Saturday; high 76 / Sunday; high 80
- Recommended adventure: Plan your next trip to Lula Lake, featuring hiking options that range from easy to advanced. The property is open to the public the first and last weekends of each month and reservations are required. In the meantime, join the Lula Lake Land Trust’s efforts to keep Chattanooga green. For every $10 donated, the trust is able to treat one hemlock tree against the woolly adelgid infestation that is threatening their extinction.
- Most interesting thing we recently learned: Access Fund and the Southeastern Climbers Coalition recently purchased a major new climbing area – Woodcock Cove – in eastern Tennessee. Preserving 64 acres of undeveloped land, along with 60 existing routes with room for up to 150 more, at all levels, the purchase is the second largest acquisition the coalition has undertaken since its first purchase in 1999.
– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com