Rolling Waterfall

Location: Cumberland Trail, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County

Photographer:
Thomas Coby Hart, Soddy-Daisy, TN
Freshman
Middle Tennessee State University

Photographer's statement:
This waterfall is on the Cumberland Trail, a place where people can get away from city life and come see nature's real beauty. The people of the Soddy-Daisy community and other towns near and far come to hike this trail and to see nature like this. Without preserved lands, people would lose touch as to what real natural beauty looks like.

A View of Maney Springs

Location: Murfreesboro, Rutherford County

Photographer:
Kevin Cason, Tullahoma, TN
Graduate Student
Middle Tennessee State University

Photographer's statement:
Located in Murfreesboro on what was once known as Oaklands Plantation, Maney Springs is named after the Maney family, prominent residents of the area in the nineteenth century. Sallie Murfree Maney, the daughter of the city's namesake Colonel Hardee Murfree, lived with her husband Dr. James Maney in what is now Oaklands Historic House Museum. Maney Springs served as a water source for the plantation and was a gathering place for family and community events. The springs was also used by troops during the Civil War. With such rich connections, Maney Springs deserves to be protected from water pollution and encroachment from urban and residential development.

Fall's Reflection

Location: Clinch River, Anderson County

Photographer:
Marvyl Cockrell, Clinton, TN
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Photographer's statement:
This landscape is worth preserving not only for the beauty it offers us each season, but for the dignity it enables us to feel in living harmoniously with our surroundings. Technology may dominate the cities, but nature still rules on the rivers and hills.

Cows on an East Tennessee Farm

Photographer:
Jeremy Langford, Knoxville, TN
Pellissippi State Technical Community College

Photographer's statement:
The rolling hills of farmland in East Tennessee remind us of a simpler time. The lowing of the cattle invite us to a beautiful study of the serene.