The public and media are invited to a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) for a new work center to be located in Dickson, Tenn. The ceremony will take place April 25, 2025 at 10 a.m. Central.
The new facility will serve as the headquarters for a team of burn permit writers that serves approximately half of Tennessee’s counties, as well as the office for the area forester for Dickson, Houston, and Humphreys Counties.
It will hold administrative offices and store wildland firefighting equipment, and also provide meeting space for training, outreach activities, and educational events for staff and the public. Additionally, it will be the home of a new seedling cooler, facilitating storage and distribution of bare root seedlings from TDF’s East Tennessee Nursery to the Middle Tennessee region.
State Forester Heather Slayton, Highland Rim District Forester Brian Hughett, and Tennessee Department of Agriculture Deputy Commissioner Andy Holt will be available for media interviews. They’ll be joined by state and local officials as well as Smokey Bear.
- WHO: Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry
- WHAT: Groundbreaking of new forestry work center
- WHEN: Friday, April 25 at 10 a.m. Central
- WHERE: 500 Fire Tower Rd, Dickson, TN 37055
Parking is available. The area is an active construction site with unpaved surfaces and no accessible restrooms. If you require accommodations to facilitate your attendance, please notify Megan Carpenter by April 21, 2025.
Contact Forestry Communications and Outreach Unit Leader Megan Carpenter at [email protected] or (615) 487-2704 for more information.
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