The South Holson and Watauga Dams also held back floodwaters in reservoirs further northeast in Tennessee. TVA's reservoirs ...

After moving 600 tons of gravel, the federal utility reopened a beloved public camping spot devastated by Helene.

Watauga Dam — Watauga Dam Reservation near Elizabethton. TVA has more than 80 public recreation areas throughout the Tennessee Valley, including campgrounds, day-use areas and boat ramps.

TVA manages six campgrounds near five dams along the Tennessee River watershed: Watauga, Cherokee, Douglas, Melton Hill and Pickwick, in order from farthest upstream to downstream. The federal ...