The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee State University, Nashville Zoo and others are partnering to preserve wildlife in Tennessee. Hellbender salamanders are protected in the state and in some areas populations are declining. The Zoo has raised a group of hellbenders in captivity for the last six years. Now these reclusive critters will be released into the watershed from where they were taken in an effort to bolster the numbers and possibly stimulate breeding resulting in new recruitment.
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