Nature Conservancy: Shady Valley
About the ecological significance of the wetlands that this organization is protecting in this area that once was covered by sphagnum/cranberry peatland bogs and white pine/hemlock forests.
Shady Valley Wetland Mitigation Bank
Army Corps of Engineers information about opportunities to support restoration of local wetlands to offset unavoidable wetland losses in other parts of eastern Tennessee.
Tennessee Urban Forestry Council - The Wright Fore
Describes the state's only known example of an extensive white pine and hemlock pre-settlement forest.