A high rate of drinking, driving, and crashing on roads in Tennessee’s wildlife management areas has forced state wildlife officials to ban drinking on those properties.
Possessing and drinking alcohol won’t be allowed at any wildlife management area (WMA) statewide, with just a few exceptions, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).
Visitors will still be allowed to drink alcohol at designated TWRA campgrounds and on public waters bordering or within a WMA.
But even that exception has its limits. The TWRA says it won’t tolerate drunken, disorderly conduct in those areas.
Possessing or consuming alcohol in the Wildlife Management areas will be considered a Class C misdemeanor. In Tennessee, that carries a $50 fine.
