LAR 553 – Fall 2016 River Tour DRAFT Itinerary tennessee river (tour) wednesday, September 7: 130 Depart for UTIA Research Station, Forks of the River (Confluence of French Broad/Holston Rivers) Lenoir City (River City, Ft. Loudoun Dam) Confluence of TN River and Clinch River (TVA Kingston Fossil Plant, Site of 2008 Coal Ash Spill) Spring City (River City, TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Facility + Decommissioned Fossil Plant) Calhoun TN (Hiwassee River City, Resolute Forrest Products Paper Mill) Chickamauga Dam (TVA Hydroelectric Facility) 700 Arrive at Chattanooga, TN (Dinner at 21st Century Waterfront, Overnight) thursday, September 8: 830 Meeting with River City Corporation (21st Century Waterfront Redevelopment Story) 1100 Lunch Meeting with Southeast Tennessee Development District (Rural Watershed Challenges) 130 Meeting with TN Aquarium Conservation Institute 330et Depart Chattanooga Raccoon Mountain TVA Hydro-electric Facility + TN River Gorge (Driving) Nickajack Reservoir Rest Area Guntersville, AL (River City +TVA Hydroelectric Facility) 600ct Huntsville, AL (River City, Overnight) friday, September 9: 800ct Driving Tours of Huntsville, Decatur, AL (River Cities) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Lunch in Decatur, AL Wheeler Dam (TVA Hydroelectric Facility) Driving Tours of Florence, Muscle Shoals AL (River Cities) Pickwick Landing + Dam (TVY Hydroelectric Facility) Shiloh National Military Park 600 Crump/Savannah, TN, Dinner meeting with (former) State Representative Vance Dennis (River City, Overnight) saturday, September 10: 900 TN River Museum, Savannah, TN Meet with TN River Floodplain Farmer Lunch Clifton, TN (River City) New Johnsonville, TN (River City) Danville Grain Elevator and Bridge (River Ruins) Land Between the Lakes State Park (Driving Tour) Barkley Canal and Kentucky Dam (TVA Hydroelectric Facility) Grand Rivers (River City) 700 Paducha, KY, Confluence of Tennessee and Ohio River (Overnight) sunday, September 11: 900 Paducah, KY Driving Tour River Discovery Center Meeting + Tour Lunch 100ct Depart for Knoxville by way of Nashville (4.5 hr drive) 630et Return to A+A .