TNP at Ijams Nature Center


  • TNP at Ijams - Nocturnal Naturalist
    June 10, 2023
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • TNP at Ijams - Invertebrates
    July 15, 2023
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • TNP at Ijams - Living Waters
    August 19, 2023
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • TNP at Ijams - Trees and Forests
    September 16, 2023
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • TNP at Ijams - Geology
    October 14, 2023
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • TNP at Ijams - TNP Closing Ceremony
    November 11, 2023
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Since 2014 Ijams Nature Center has offered the Tennessee Naturalist Program core course, and we are happy to announce that registration for the 2023 season of TNP will soon! Classes begin on February, 18th 2023 and meet every month through November. Ijams can’t wait to host another successful season of TNP!

TNP at Long Hunter State Park


  • TNP at Long Hunter SP - Forbs, Ferns, Mosses & More
    June 10, 2023
    9:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • TNP at Long Hunter SP - Invertebrates
    June 24, 2023
    9:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • TNP at Long Hunter SP - Living Waters
    July 8, 2023
    9:00 am - 2:00 pm

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2023 COURSE OPENS MONDAY, JANUARY 9 AT 8PM
NOTE: Long Hunter State Park’s TNP chapter was formerly known as and located at Cedars of Lebanon State Park from 2015 through 2022.

TNP at Paris Landing State Park / TN National Wildlife Refuge


  • TNP at Paris/TNWR - Invertebrates & Graduation
    June 10, 2023
    9:30 am - 3:00 pm

The Paris Landing/TNWR Chapter, created through a partnership between Paris Landing State Park and the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, joined our program in January of 2020. Paris Landing State Park is an 841 acre park located on the western shore of the Tennessee River, which is dammed to form Kentucky Lake (160,000 acres). Adjacent to the Park, the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 51,000 acres stretched along 65 miles of the Tennessee River. Established in 1945, the refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and was created as a conservation area for migratory birds especially wintering waterfowl.