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TN Boll Weevil Eradication Program Regions
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Two
distinct boll weevil eradication program regions exist in Tennessee. The West Tennessee Region is colored blue and the
Middle Tennessee Region is colored green. These two regions
designate where cotton is grown and indicate where the program currently
operates. Gray counties and all other counties not shown do not currently
produce cotton, therefore the program is not active in those counties.
The
Middle Tennessee Region was the first to implement the program in
1994. The region consists of all counties that lie wholly east of the Tennessee River, encompassing what is generally
known as Middle and East Tennessee. Currently, only Coffee,
Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Lincoln and Rutherford counties produce cotton. This
region completed the active phase of the program in 1998 and is now in a
post-eradication monitoring phase.
The
Middle Tennessee Region is serviced through the Southeastern Boll
Weevil Eradication Foundation office in Athens, Alabama. Chris Craft is the
Officer-in-Charge and may be reached at 256-729-1402 (office) or 256-366-6324
(cell). Lawrence Flanagan is responsible for all boll weevil traps in
Middle Tennessee and may be reached at 256-627-1205. The address
of the Athens office is 15900 Shaw Rd., Athens, AL 35611.
The
West
Tennessee
Region implemented the program in 1998 in the southern counties, and the
northern counties followed suit in 2000. Three formerly distinct regions have
now been combined into one. Benton and Decatur are the only two counties in West Tennessee that do not produce cotton.
The
West
Tennessee
Region is serviced through the Southeastern Boll Weevil Eradication
Foundation office in Alamo, Tennessee. Randall Crow is the Officer-in
Charge and may be reached at 731-696-3775. The address of the Alamo office is 1398 Old Hwy. 412 N, Alamo, TN 38001.
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