Wildlife Photograph

Links of Interest

Operation Migration

A group that leads, using ultra-light aircraft, the migration of Canada geese, sandhill cranes, and the America's most endangered bird, the whooping crane.

http://www.operationmigration.org

Water Quality Forum

Ijams is a leading member of the Water Quality Forum. The forum works to protect and improve water quality in Knox County.

http://www.waterqualityforum.org

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation

Ijams is one of many City of Knoxville parks. Learn the location of all of Knoxville's parks and some other things you can do around the city.

http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/parks/

Knox County Parks & Recreation

Explore other great parks throughout Knox County.

http://www.knoxcounty.org/parks/index.php

Knoxville Chapter Tennessee Ornithological Society

H.P. Ijams helped found this great local birdwatchers club back in 1924.

http://www.tnbirds.org/KTOS.html

WBIR Channel 10

Ijams staff can often be seen discussing issues and events on WBIR's Live at Five and Style programs. Keep abreast of local news (and Ijams news) with Ijams favorite TV station.

http://www.wbir.com

UT Arboretum Society

The arboretum at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

http://www.discoveret.org/utas/

Three Rivers Market

Since 1981, the Three Rivers Market has provided our communities throughout East Tennessee with wholesome and nutritious natural foods. It is a community-owned grocery store located about one mile north of downtown Knoxville. Three Rivers Market makes available a large variety of locally grown and organic foods in addition to foods in bulk.

http://www.threeriversmarket.coop

McClung Museum

The complementary mission of the Frank H. McClung Museum is to advance understanding and appreciation of the earth and its peoples through the collection, preservation, study, interpretation, and exhibition of objects and data. The Museum is dedicated to the support of the academic programs of The University and to the attraction and education of the broadest spectrum of participants.

http://www.mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

East Tennessee Foundation

Proud supporter of Ijams' whooping crane project through East Tennessee Foundation's Wildlife Preservation Endowment Fund

http://www.easttennesseefoundation.org

Community Shares

For more than 20 years, Community Shares has been working to make Tennessee a better place to live. Their member groups address the "Root Causes" of problems by involving those affected--finding solutions that work--to create a long-lasting foundation for a just and peaceful community. Community Shares believes that all Tennesseans deserve a clean environment, affordable health care, good jobs and freedom from violence. Ijams Nature Center is a member of Community Shares.

http://www.communitysharestn.org

Blount Mansion

Nestled in the center of Downtown Knoxville's government district, Blount Mansion offers history that is hard to miss. Here, among the towers of glass, steel and brick, sits a house - small by today's standards, but a mansion on the Tennessee frontier.

http://www.blountmansion.org

Knoxville Arts and Cultural Alliance

The mission of the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville is to serve and support a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions by assuring their creative, financial, and operational well being.

http://www.knoxalliance.com

Friends of the UT Gardens

The Friends of the UT Gardens is a non-profit organization of gardeners and garden lovers founded in 1992 to raise awareness of and funding for the University of Tennessee (UT) Gardens in Knoxville, Tennessee. One of the community's finest treasures, the Gardens feature more than 800 species of woody plants under long-term observation and 1500 varieties of herbaceous plants evaluated annually.

http://www.discoveret.org/gardens/

East Tennessee History Center

ETHS not only helps preserve history, but it also has a rich history of its own. Follow the links to find out more about ETHS, how you can become involved in the society, and what events ETHS has to offer.

http://www.east-tennessee-history.org

Ramsey House Plantation

Ramsey House Plantation is a 1797 historic house museum open to the public through guided tours. With over 100 acres, the site hosts picnic areas and heirloom gardens for guests to visit.

http://www.ramseyhouse.org

Marble Springs

Marble Springs, the home of the first governor of Tennessee, John Sevier, is located at the foot of Bays Mountain, about 5 miles south of Knoxville off U.S. Highway 441.

http://www.discoveret.org/jsma

The Knoxville Zoo

The mission of Knoxville Zoological Gardens is to celebrate the wonders of the natural world. Through education, conservation, exhibition, research and recreation, the zoo will tell the stories of the animals, the plants and the people who make up the communities of the earth. The zoo will develop positive attitudes and actions about nature and about conservation as a local and global issue.

http://www.knoxville-zoo.org