TWRA Region IV (East Tennessee) 
Location & General Information
3030 Wildlife Way
Morristown, TN 37814
(get driving directions)
Contact the TWRA Region IV Staff
The Region IV office is located on Wildlife Way in Morristown. It is a short distance off Highway 25E just east of the 25E Bridge that crosses Cherokee Reservoir. Wildlife Way is directly off Elgerlotte Lane which located at the intersection of Cherokee Park Rd and Buffalo Trail.
Region IV includes the eastern most 21 counties in Tennessee and has elevations ranging from 800 feet along the Tennessee River to over 6,000 feet along the North Carolina border.
Region IV has 16 wildlife management areas comprising more than 800,000 acres open to a variety of big game and small game species. It includes the North Cumberland WMA which is home to the state’s elk herd. The majority of the Tennessee’s black bear population makes its home throughout the East Tennessee mountains.
Three cold water and two warm water hatcheries supplement fish production in the local waters for anglers. From high mountain streams to the large reservoirs, anglers enjoy a multitude of fishing opportunities. There are 13 major reservoirs with surface acreage ranging from 800 to 34,000 acres.
The vast variety of habitats across the region provide excellent fishing, hunting, and wildlife viewing.
Region IV News
New Wild Hog Regulations
Seasonal Roads Closed on North Cherokee WMA
2011 Shikar-Safari Honor Goes to Washington County Officer Jeff Prater
Erwin State Fish Hatchery’s Rick Hollifield Earns Technician of the Year Award
Rick Hollifield, a fisheries technician at the Erwin State Fish Hatchery, has been named the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency 2011 Fisheries Technician of the Year. Hollifield was recognized at the December meeting of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission.
Jerry Pugh, of Catoosa Wildlife Management Area, was named the Wildlife Technician of the Year. This marks the second year that the Agency has presented the Technician of the Year awards.
A 30-year employee with the TWRA, Hollifield began working at the Erwin State Fish Hatchery under the YACC Program in 1979.
After working part-time for a couple of years, he became a wildlife technician at Buffalo Springs State Hatchery. He worked in the position for 10 years before transferring back to his hometown of Erwin where he has served now for almost 20 years.
Hollifield continues to come up with new ideas and ways to implement them in his position. He has conducted trout stocking duties at the hatchery for the past eight years and never lost a fish in the stocking process. Due to a manpower shortage at the Erwin Hatchery, he has picked up additional duties during the past few years.
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