Tennessee’s statewide trapping season for six species, along with several small-game hunting seasons, will close Feb. 28.
Trapping seasons ending this month include fox, mink, muskrat, otter, least weasel and bobcat. Small-game hunting seasons for rabbit, grouse and quail will also conclude on that date.
Hunting seasons for squirrel, raccoon and opossum will remain open through March 15.
Additional hunting seasons ending Feb. 28 include fox, mink, muskrat, otter, spotted skunk and weasel.
Seasons for armadillo, beaver, coyote, groundhog and striped skunk remain open year-round with no harvest limits. Trapping for beaver, coyote, groundhog, opossum, raccoon and striped skunk is also open year-round.
The statewide spring squirrel season will run May 9-June 14.
More information is available in the 2025-26 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency website at tnwildlife.org
Avid readers and book collectors will have the opportunity to find more reading material at the annual Book Fair and Author Talk at the Norris Religious Fellowship Church on Saturday, March 7.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with local author Don Bell giving a talk beginning at noon.
Books for the whole family will be available for sale, and refreshments will also be available to purchase.
Besides the talk by Bell, local authors Bill Ireland, Kim Zachman and Josh Anderson will also be on hand to greet visitors and answer questions about their books.
Norris Religious Fellowship is an interdenominational church at 23 Dogwood Road near downtown Norris.
Contact the church office at 865-494-7131 for more information.
Katatra Vasquez will be guest speaker at the Wednesday (Feb. 25) Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club meeting in Oak Ridge.
Vasquez, president of Atomic Hope LLC, will take “A Deep Dive into the Soul of the Manhattan Project,” at the meeting.
The club will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Oak Ridge Recreation Center Social Hall, 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
An award-winning author and environmental scientist, Vasquez will discuss the often overlooked contributions of African Americans to the Manhattan Project during World War II.
