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Ed Carter, Executive Director of the Tennessee Wildlife
Resources Agency, presented an overview of a restructure plan of the
agency to members of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission during
the TWRC’s January meeting which was held at Reelfoot Lake State Park.
The Wildlife Management Institute recently completed a comprehensive
review and evaluation of the TWRA. Among the goals of the restructure
plan are to improve communication, coordination, and cooperation between
the agency’s four regions, and the Nashville headquarters and the
regions. The plans call for the establishment of clear channels and
accountability for program managers and uniformity and implementation of
statewide programs.
The restructure calls for the creation of open communication and
dialogue between all employees and disciplines and where possible,
reduce the number of employees directly reporting to individual
supervisors. The plan should increase cooperation across established
administrative boundaries, and offer expanded avenues of advancement for
employees.
The reorganization guidelines include that changes must be made with the
existing number of positions and must result in cost savings to the
agency.
In other items at the meeting, Greg Wathen, TWRA Wildlife Division
Chief, gave a preliminary update for the 2010 elk hunt update which will
be the state’s second. More details will be presented at the February
meeting of the TWRC. A presentation was also made on new Tennessee’s
Watchable Wildlife Web site which was launched earlier this month.
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