NASHVILLE (Press Release) – The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry is closing Prentice Cooper State Forest until further notice to prevent potential spread of COVID-19.

Prentice Cooper State Forest was temporarily closed to the public after a man's body was found nearby. Park officials said, "To facilitate the search for a suspect in a serious crime committed in the ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — A man died while riding a dirt bike at Prentice Cooper WMA on Tuesday, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The TWRA identified the deceased man as 47-year ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has joined a probe in Marion County after a man's body was discovered in Prentice Cooper State Forest, and authorities are seeking a Whitwell, Tennessee, man for ...

Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area (WMA) received a grant from Colonial Pipeline Company to increase habitat for pollinators and wildlife. The grant will create 30 acres of early successional ...

Prentice Cooper Whitfield (AKA Tennessee), 84, of Mesa died May 21, 2024, at his Mesa home. Prentice was born May 28, 1939, in Nashville, TN to Jesse Whitfield and Virginia Hornberger. He attended ...