Tellico Dam project

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Tennessee Valley Authority project hydroelectric dam project

The Tellico Dam project was a controversial Tennessee Valley Authority initiative on the Little Tennessee River, widely known for its environmental and cultural impacts, including the flooding of historic Cherokee sites and a landmark legal battle over the endangered snail darter.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Tennessee Valley Authority dam project	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tennessee Valley Authority project ⓘ hydroelectric dam project ⓘ
affectedSpecies	snail darter ⓘ
associatedWithLaw	Endangered Species Act of 1973 NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate	1979 ⓘ
constructionStart	1967 ⓘ
controversy	cost-benefit justification ⓘ destruction of Cherokee cultural sites ⓘ displacement of local communities ⓘ environmental impact ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	inundation of Cherokee burial and village sites ⓘ loss of Cherokee historical landscapes ⓘ
developer	Tennessee Valley Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicRationale	regional development of the Tellico Reservoir area ⓘ
environmentalImpact	alteration of Little Tennessee River ecosystem ⓘ habitat loss for snail darter ⓘ
governingBody	United States Congress (for exemption decision) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Tellico Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTopic	water resources development in the southeastern United States ⓘ
impact	creation of Tellico Lake shoreline developments ⓘ flooding of historic Cherokee sites ⓘ inundation of archaeological sites ⓘ loss of prime farmland ⓘ
legalCase	Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	Endangered Species Act compliance ⓘ
legalOutcome	U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of protecting the snail darter NERFINISHED ⓘ project later exempted by congressional legislation ⓘ
locatedInCounty	Blount County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Loudon County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Little Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managingAgency	Tennessee Valley Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	landmark U.S. environmental law case ⓘ snail darter controversy ⓘ
opposedBy	Cherokee descendants and Native American activists ⓘ environmental groups ⓘ local landowners ⓘ
purpose	economic development ⓘ flood control ⓘ navigation improvement ⓘ recreation ⓘ
relatedTo	Fort Loudoun Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservoirCreated	Tellico Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
supportedBy	Tennessee Valley Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ some regional business interests ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s–1970s ⓘ

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Chota → affectedBy → Tellico Dam project ⓘ

Jo Van Fleet as Ella Garth → setInContext → Tellico Dam project ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority dam project

Lee Remick as Carol Garth Baldwin → associatedWithEvent → Tellico Dam project ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority dam project