Sound Escapes: Land Between the Lakes

05/10/19 • 26 min

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a massive inland peninsula, bordered by sections of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers that were permanently flooded as a part of FDR’s New Deal.

Humans changed this landscape, but now birds have claimed it - and they are flourishing.

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a massive inland peninsula, bordered by sections of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers that were permanently flooded as a part of FDR’s New Deal.

Humans changed this landscape, but now birds have claimed it - and they are flourishing.

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