Tennessee Interstate Conservancy You cant hide from Tennessee pride innovative ecofriendly gateways into Chattanooga Across Tennessee Mission In partnership with the Tennessee Department of Transportation the City of Chattanooga Hamilton County Ragan Smith Associates and a consortium of dedicated Tennesseans We are creating innovative ecofriendly creative gateways into Chattanooga throughout Tennessee. A landscape of trees wildflowers native plants An attainable objective forged by economic development community pride. As an organization the primary goal of the Tennessee Interstate Conservancy is to Be a Friend to our state roadways by installing maintaining aesthetic vegetation reforestation protecting scenic natural resources designing landscapes that create a sense of place pride. The Gateway to Chattanooga project alone will include the installation of over 1000 trees 1300 day lilies 1200 blue iris over 4 acres of wildflowers.