Annual Online Auction

Annual Online Auction Returns This November

Over the past several months, we’ve experimented with hosting auctions throughout the year. While this trial gave us valuable insight, it became clear that our community engages most strongly when we hold one focused, well‑publicized event. Because of that, we’re pivoting back to our traditional format and will host our annual online auction this year for two weeks in November.

Thank you for joining us in support of the programs and projects of Tennessee and Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuges.  Your participation directly strengthens conservation, education, and on‑the‑ground refuge operations at both Tennessee and Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuges.

The Friends of Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge supports a wide range of activities, including environmental outreach and education programs, public events, habitat restoration, and funding for seasonal employees and interns. Auction proceeds help provide:

• A seasonal park ranger to staff the Visitor Center and lead school field trips

• Seasonal tractor operators to mow and maintain roadsides and levees, and to help prepare and plant millet and wheat fields

• Seasonal biological interns who assist with wood duck trapping and banding, beaver management, invasive species control, and biological surveys

Over the last twenty years, staffing has decreased from twenty full‑time employees to just eight. As these gaps grow, the Friends group is increasingly called upon to help fill critical needs.

To continue meeting these challenges, we need your help. Your participation in our online auction directly supports the refuge and the wildlife that depend on it.