August field to Shelby Bottoms will take place on Saturday, August 28th. We will start on Mission Hill, and then work our way down to explore the overgrown fields and woods of Phase 1 of the bottoms. We’ll then make the short drive over to Phase 3 (at the end of Welcome Lane) for a

Just over an hour and a half south of Nashville (and a straight shot down I-65), lies Wheeler NWR in Decatur, AL. Positioned at the southern end of the U-shaped Tennessee River Valley, it is a key wintering site for waterbirds.  Long famous for its staggering numbers of wintering Sandhill Cranes, it is also home to