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NEWS 2013

IMPORTANT News-> Position of the Richland Creek Watershed Alliance - Public Notice NRS12.236 - permit to continue withdrawal of water from Richland Creek by Metro Parks' McCabe Golf Couse for irrigational purposes. Request a public hearing and submit your comment! Clarification of RCWA reasoning for position here. 

Get flier (pdf) here. 

TDEC Public Notice Issued for Richland Creek 

Protect Jocelyn Hollow waterfall in West Meade, a branch of Richland Creek.

Join the Riparian Renewal Program - RCWA will come evaluate your streamside, secure plant materials and volunteers. Many older trees were lost during the 2010 flood so more are needed to be planted and maintain the stream canopy and food for wildlife. Riparian areas stabilize stream banks, filter pollution and protect aquatic habitats. Contact us to get your streamside enhanced and preserved. 
Many Thanks to our Tennessee Forestry Division Partner

RCWA is working on an amphibian study project with Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Amphibians have been here for 350 million yeaers but are declining at an alarming rate worldwide, and also in Tennessee. Help save the frogs, salamanders, toads and other species e in the middle of the food chain that are indicators of environmental quality. Habitat loss is a primary cause for their decline. Give for conservation & renewal of Richland Creek critter habitats.

2012 NEWS
Annual Gathering October 7th  - Celebrating 5 years
A Watershed is common ground and a healthy one is a a common good.

Our fifth annual meeting was well attended!  Many thanks to all that made the gathering successful.  The weather was perfect and the refreshments enjoyed.  A big thanks to John and Mary Stone for graciously hosting our celebration. Their beautiful home and picturesque courtyard were a wonderful backdrop for the occasion.

Appreciation to volunteers, sponsors and partners that help make RCWA productive over the last five-years and gifts for five-honorees were presented.   RCWA emphasized stakeholder involvement for preserving the Richland Creek ecosystem as a beneficial path. Vegetative stream buffers were stressed as the most important defense and that the two major challenges facing our aquatic system were urbanization and climate change.   Richland Creek is ours to make healthy again.

  

Transforming a creek and community
The two-phased stream renewal project this year attracted 70 volunteers from many neighborhoods, schools and businesses in the watershed and is building relationships for long-term restoration of  Richland Creek.
RCWA introduced sixty trees and plants back to the stream bank that will better stabilize the stream bank, boost the watershed's biological diversity and attract more wildlife for visitors to enjoy.   A variety of 60 native tree and plant species were chosen to better protect the stream bank from erosion, improve water and air quality, reduce the heat island effect and store water. Overtime, the trees will produce shade for the stream, making a healthier aquatic and urban environment.
Volunteers planted 13 large canopy trees March 3rd — Phase I                 
And 47 native plants April 14th - Phase II Urbandale bridge
This project is funded through Tennessee Environmental Council and Harpeth River
Watershed Association with funds from The Dan and Margaret Maddox Charitable Fund
and the Metro Flood Response Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. 

Volunteer provisions courtesy of Blinker Lite and Loyal Brand Company

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