Tennessee


Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Department of the Interior’s projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Tennessee. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest in Tennessee as part of the recovery plan signed by the President to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st Century.

Funding Overview

Tennessee: $31,546,468

National Park Service: $18,488,516    NPS Logo

  • Andrew Johnson: $57,000
  • Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: $86,000
  • Fort Donelson: $151,000
  • Great Smoky Mountains: $15,985,000
  • HBCU Grant: $1,989,516
  • Shiloh: $108,000
  • Stones River: $112,000

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: $12,766,952    FWS Logo

  • Chickasaw NWR: $327,000
  • Cookeville, TN ES Field Office: $387,000
  • Cross Creeks NWR: $38,000
  • Dale Hollow NFH: $1,500,000
  • Erwin NFH: $30,952
  • Hatchie NWR: $643,000
  • Lower Mississippi River Coordinator: $251,000
  • Reelfoot NWR: $723,000
  • Tennessee NWR: $8,867,000

U.S. Geological Survey: $291,000    USGS Logo

Projects in Tennessee

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Conduct Conservation and Maintenance Work With Youth Conservation Corps Participants
  • Project Number: 80917
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Fort Donelson
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Control Invasive Plants to Protect Historic Cultural Resources
  • Project Number: 131979
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Stones River
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 6
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Effluent Treatment System (plan, design, construct)
  • Project Number: R4PD
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Dale Hollow NFH
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 6
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Eliminate expensive leases and provide an adequate on-refuge base of operations for staff and volunteers by constructing an energy efficient Headquarters/Administrative/Visitor Building using a standard floor plan design to gain cost efficiencies. Facility will provide a key orientation point for visitors.
  • Project Number: R4AF
  • TAFS: 14-1613
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Tennessee NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Construction
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Energy Efficiency Rehabilitation of Maintenance Shop.
  • Project Number: R4JT
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Reelfoot NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Energy Efficiency Rehabilitation of Office
  • Project Number: R4JR
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Reelfoot NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project cannot be completed within the timeframes of the Recovery Act, but remains a priority and may be completed with other funds in the future
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Hulda Margaret Lyttle Hall
  • Project Number: 155492
  • TAFS: (14-5541) Historic Preservation Fund
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: HBCU Grant
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 05
  • Type of Project: Grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
John Wesley Work House
  • Project Number: 155490
  • TAFS: (14-5541) Historic Preservation Fund
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: HBCU Grant
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 05
  • Type of Project: Grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Maintain Historic Bronze Monument
  • Project Number: 146331
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Fort Donelson
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
NFPP: Fish Passage in Lower Mississippi River - Robinson Bayou Dikes (RM 852.3-855) (TN/MO)
  • Project Number: R4TB
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Lower Mississippi River Coordinator
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
NFPP: Fish Passage Restoration in the Lower Mississippi River: Island 15 Dikes (RM 849.8 - 852.3) (TN/MO)
  • Project Number: R4TD
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Lower Mississippi River Coordinator
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
  • Project Status: Additional project that will be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Raise, Straighten and Align Historic Headstones
  • Project Number: 131327
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Stones River
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 6
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Rehabilitate 9 Miles of Historic Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail and Cherokee Orchard Road
  • Project Number: 54777
  • TAFS: (14-1041 2009 2010) Construction and Major Maintenance - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Great Smoky Mountains
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Roads and Bridges Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Rehabilitate Eroded Levee at Impoundment 1
  • Project Number: R4GX
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Chickasaw NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Rehabilitate eroded sanctuary service road/levee which is comprised of earth material, 33c rock, and red rock.
  • Project Number: R4GW
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Chickasaw NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Rehabilitate Levee Overgrown with Woody Vegetation
  • Project Number: R4KF
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Tennessee NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Rehabilitate Parking Areas at Little River Trailhead and Jakes Creek Trailhead
  • Project Number: 90560
  • TAFS: (14-1041 2009 2010) Construction and Major Maintenance - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Great Smoky Mountains
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Roads and Bridges Maintenance
  • Project Status: Additional project that will be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Rehabilitate Roads at Cosby Campground
  • Project Number: 90480
  • TAFS: (14-1041 2009 2010) Construction and Major Maintenance - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Great Smoky Mountains
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Roads and Bridges Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Rehabilitate Worn and Deteriorated McCool Lakes Road.
  • Project Number: R4BC
  • TAFS: 14-1613
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Hatchie NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Rehabilitate Worn Goose Pen Road on the Long Point Unit
  • Project Number: R4JQ
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Reelfoot NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Removal of Discontinued Cableway Station 3
  • Project Number: N/A
  • Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey
  • Unit: N/A
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance - Discontinued Streamgages, Cableways, Wells
Removal of Discontinued Streamgage 2
  • Project Number: N/A
  • Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey
  • Unit: N/A
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance - Discontinued Streamgages, Cableways, Wells
Removal of Discontinued Streamgage 2
  • Project Number: N/A
  • Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey
  • Unit: N/A
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance - Discontinued Streamgages, Cableways, Wells
Remove eroded sediment from Canal #2-1 in the North half of impoundment #2.
  • Project Number: R4BB
  • TAFS: 14-1613
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Chickasaw NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Remove Harmful Vegetation and Prevent Erosion Around Historic Earthworks
  • Project Number: 149610
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Fort Donelson
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Remove or Reset Historic Headstones
  • Project Number: 118507
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Fort Donelson
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Repair 22 Miles of Eroded and Hazardous Horse Trails in North District
  • Project Number: 121669
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Great Smoky Mountains
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Trails Maintenance and Construction
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Repair Damaged Office Building
  • Project Number: R4GZ
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Cross Creeks NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project cannot be completed within the timeframes of the Recovery Act, but remains a priority and may be completed with other funds in the future
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Repair Damaged Seed Storage Building
  • Project Number: R4HA
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Cross Creeks NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project cannot be completed within the timeframes of the Recovery Act, but remains a priority and may be completed with other funds in the future
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Repair Drainage Structures on 387 miles of Trails
  • Project Number: 122095
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Trails Maintenance and Construction
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Repair Fire-Damaged Historic Landscape
  • Project Number: 146999
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Andrew Johnson
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Repair Parking Area at the Sinks to Protect Resources, Improve Visitor Safety, and Increase Accessibility
  • Project Number: 90550
  • TAFS: (14-1041 2009 2010) Construction and Major Maintenance - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Great Smoky Mountains
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Roads and Bridges Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Replace 62 energy inefficient light fixtures and bulbs
  • Project Number: R4QJ
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Erwin NFH
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Additional project that will be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Replace Deteriorated Raceway cover 5A/B
  • Project Number: R4PG
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Erwin NFH
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Replace Deteriorated Raceway Covers - 6 A/B and 9 A/B
  • Project Number: R4PF
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Erwin NFH
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Replace Display for Historic Cannon Carriages
  • Project Number: 38772
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Shiloh
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Replace Inefficient Restroom Facilities
  • Project Number: 140416
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Replace insufficient water control structure with 5' flashboard riser
  • Project Number: R4GY
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Cross Creeks NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Replace Leaking 60 inch Water Control Structure
  • Project Number: R4KC
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Tennessee NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Replace Old DRU Pole Shed Barn at the "Bull Pen"
  • Project Number: R4KE
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Tennessee NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Reroof and Paint Park Buildings (multiple projects)
  • Project Number: 121727
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Great Smoky Mountains
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Restore the 11-mile TVA Levee on the Duck River Unit to the original elevation that has been lost due to flood damages to protect waterfowl management capabilities.
  • Project Number: R4KD
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Tennessee NWR
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 8
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Resurface Foothills Parkway (East)
  • Project Number: 54782
  • TAFS: (14-1041 2009 2010) Construction and Major Maintenance - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Great Smoky Mountains
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Roads and Bridges Maintenance
  • Project Status: Additional project that will be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10
Tennessee Strategic Stream/Riparian Restoration (Clinch-Powell, Barrens Area, Cypress/Shoal Creek Watersheds);
  • Project Number: R4EC
  • TAFS: 14-1610
  • Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Unit: Cookeville, TN ES Field Office
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Habitat Restoration
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 02/17/10
Upgrade USGS Streamgages through purchase of High Data Rate Satellite Radios and new technology
  • Project Number: N/A
  • Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey
  • Unit: N/A
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 99
  • Type of Project: Upgrade Streamgages
Upgrade Water Heaters with Tankless Technology to Improve Energy Efficiency
  • Project Number: 138884
  • TAFS: (14-1035 2009 2010) Operation of the National Park System - Recovery Act
  • Bureau: National Park Service
  • Unit: Andrew Johnson
  • State: TN
  • Congressional District: 1
  • Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance
  • Project Status: Project on track to be completed with Recovery Act funds
  • Project Status Updated: 03/03/10


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