The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has honored Sgt. Alvin C. York State Park in Pall Mall with the Excellence in Innovation Award among the 56 Tennessee State Parks. The award is part of the annual Tennessee State Parks Awards of Excellence. The awards category for Innovation is for parks that have demonstrated the ability to think creatively to enhance or improve their parks. The project must be long lasting or far reaching.
TDEC also announced awards for the best parks in the following categories:
Johnsonville State Historic Park for Customer Engagement; Henry Horton State Park for Interpretation; Dunbar Cave State Park and Edgar Evins State Park in a tie for best Resource Management.
Radnor Lake State Park was named Park of the Year as well as winning the award in Sustainability.