Cassandra Stephenson

West Tennessee Reporter at States Newsroom

Cassandra Stephenson covers issues impacting rural West Tennessee as a Report for America corps member at The Tennessee Lookout.

Tennessee Lookout is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

Recent Articles

Black bears are typically associated with forest and mountainous habitats, but were once abundant throughout the southeast, including in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and the Atchafalaya Basin.

Black bears were nearly hunted to extinction in the US South. Decades later, they're finally rebounding

The Mississippi Alluvial Valley was once the ‘bread basket’ of black bears.