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Small Planet

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Candies Creek: Life in a Birders’ Paradise, Far From the City

In Small Planet by Patrice ColeJune 15, 2016leave a COMMENT

I miss Knoxville, I really do. When Doug and I both had to make a job move in 2009, I thought surely we would be back in a few years. That …

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Tracing How Knoxville’s Water Reaches Your Faucet

In Small Planet by Patrice ColeMay 18, 2016leave a COMMENT

Flint, Mich.’s water woes suggest this might be a good time to take a closer look at something we very much take for granted. Ten percent of the world’s population …

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Biosolids: Sludge Has Come a Long Way Since the 1980s

In Small Planet by Patrice ColeApril 6, 2016leave a COMMENT

Marketing and advertising professionals know the power of words. What you call something and the way you describe it go a long way toward building aversion, acceptance, or outright yearning …

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The Sturgeon Makes a Decades-Long Comeback in the Tennessee River System

In Small Planet by Patrice ColeFebruary 17, 2016leave a COMMENT

They’re big, they’re ancient, they’re tasty, and they’re coming back after decades of extinction in this part of the world. Lake sturgeon, known in Latin as Acipenser fulvescens, is called …

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Witness Sandhill Cranes Converging on the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge

In Small Planet by Patrice ColeJanuary 6, 2016leave a COMMENT

One of the most spectacular wildlife migrations in the Southeast is occurring just south of Knoxville, and you can get a good two-hour view of it from the water for …

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