As a national leader in freshwater conservation, the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute guides initiatives to research and renew the Southeast’s most sensitive rivers and streams.
Our science is aimed at understanding what animals live here and why, as well as building knowledge around how a changing environment affects our ecosystems.
Dr. Anna George
Aquarium VP of Conservation Science and Education
Dr. Bernie Kuhajda
Aquatic Conservation Biologist
Stephanie Chance
Conservation Manager
Emily Culp
GIS Analyst - Ecologist
Helaina Gomez
Watershed Coordinator
Drew Hardy
Natural Resource Specialist
Teresa Israel
Reintroduction Biologist
Aylis Jeavons
Reintroduction Assistant
Paige McQuown
Reintroduction Assistant
Dr. David Neely
Adjunct Scientist
Tigris Nevans
Grant Coordinator
All TNACI Partners
- Baylor School
- Bledsoe County Soil & Water District
- Conservation Fisheries, Inc.
- Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units Network
- Crabtree Farms of Chattanooga
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Hamilton County Soil & Water District
- The Land Trust for Tennessee
- Limestone Valley Resource Conservation and Development
- Marion County Soil & Water District
- Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- The Nature Conservancy
- Open Space Institute
- Re:wild
- Sewanee: University of the South
- Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership
- Southeast Tennessee Development District
- Southeast Tennessee Resource Conservation & Development Council
- Tashkent Zoo
- Tennessee Department of Agriculture
- Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
- Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Tennessee River Basin Network
- Tennessee Technological University
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- University of Tennessee
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones
- Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
- TennGreen Land Conservancy
- Town of Spring City, TN
- THRIVE Regional Partnerships
- Timber Investment Resources
- Trout Unlimited – Appalachian Chapter
- United States Department of Agriculture
- United States Fish & Wildlife Service
- United States Forest Service
- United States Geological Survey
- University of Georgia
- Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Mailing address:
Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute
175 Baylor School Road
Chattanooga, TN 37402-1014