Chapter member Bill Swan appointed to State Wildlife commission
Area sportsman Bill Swan was confirmed by Tennessee House and Senate Committees March 11, 2015 as one of the newest members of the Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission. The TFWC is the governing body over wildlife, hunting, fishing and boating regulations in the state. See entire article here
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Tennessee Valley SCI donates a bedded robotic decoy Whitetail buck to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
A remote controlled whitetail buck decoy deer was donated April 14, 2014 to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency personnel for use in their efforts to catch roadside shooters and poachers. Previously, four standing robotic deer have been donated to the Agency which have resulted in more than 100 arrests and conventions. Many of the offenders lost their hunting privileges for three years and were required to pay a large fine. A bedded buck was given as some of the repeat offenders were becoming accommodated to the standing ones. Currently, three bedded decoy does are being mounted for donation also
Pictured L-R: Capt Roy Cannon, Bill Swan, III, Capt Joe Busch, and Bill Swan
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SCI is teaming with leading universities
and state wildlife agencies across the Midwest to research Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease. To better Predict outbreaks, understand population impact and how to adjust management post-outbreak. This is just a small part of SCI's world leading commitment to wildlife conservation, we need your help. 
Bill Swan, III, Treasurer of Tennessee Valley Chapter presented a $4000 check to the restoration of elk into Tennessee at the Commission Meeting held in Nashville, September 19, 2014.This check along with other contributions by the Chapter brings the total to $25,000 and along with the eBay auctions has helped raise nearly $75,000 for the effort.
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In December of 2000, 50 elk from Elk Island National Park were released into the rugged and beautiful Cumberland mountains of east Tennessee. That day marked the historic return of an animal that had been missing from the Tennessee landscape for almost 150 years. Since then, the TWRA has been monitoring the herd, anxious to see how well the new animals have adapted.
Each year TWRA personnel and countless volunteers collect information on the elk to determine herd growth. The past three years have shown promising signs the herd is growing as had been hoped. It is estimated that close to 400 animals now roam free throughout the elk restoration zone.
At our Annual banquet and auction fundraiser we were able to auction passes for three observers to participate in darting and collecting information on herd health of the Tennessee Elk herd. Every penny of this money went back into the project.
TN Valley SCI works closely with our Wildlife officersSCI Tennessee Valley Chapter Sponsors Wildlife Officers Association Meeting
In Early 2014 The SCI Tennessee Valley chapter sponsored the annual Tennessee Wildlife Officers Association meeting at the Dunaway Hunting and Fishing Club. According to Bill Swan, III Chairman of the project, “all meals, activities and prizes were furnished by the SCI Chapter as a way to show our appreciation for the service of these Officers in protecting wildlife”. Attendees came from all across the state and participated in a wide variety of activities such as, shooting clay targets with a .22 pistol at 50 yards, shooting 3-D targets with a longbow from a tower, best of 10 shots in sporting clays, and fishing at the trout pond. Winners received Yeti coolers, and all attendees received TN Valley SCI tee shirts.
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