Department of Environment & Conservation
Jim Fyke, Commissioner
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West Tennessee River Basin Authority
Board Characteristics: Thirty-one members: four appointed by the Governor for four year terms. Members include:
• Commissioner of Environment and Conservation or their designee;
• Commissioner of Agriculture or their designee;
• Executive Director of the
Wildlife Resources Agency;
• County executive of each county
in West TN (20) or their designee;
• two members of the House from
West TN;
• two members of the Senate from West TN;
• one person appointed
from a list submitted by the Tennessee Association of Soil Conservation
Districts;
• one person appointed from a list submitted by the Tennessee
Conservation League;
• one person appointed from a list of nominees
submitted by the Tennessee Farm Bureau;
• one person appointed
from a list of nominees submitted by the Tennessee Forestry Association.
Commissioned under T.C.A. 64-1-1101
The statute authorizing this board expires: June 30, 2014
