Fertilizers and their Environmental Impact
December 11, 2019
By Brian Conner Healthy, green grass is a sign of a homeowner’s labor of love, and when it comes to your yard, you want it
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River Science
The Harpeth Conservancy Science & Restoration program plans and implements projects that protect and improve water quality and stream ecosystem health in the Harpeth River. These projects can be divided into two categories: (1) River science research (2) Environmental restoration activities
What We Do
We carry out a large variety of science and restoration projects every year, with assistance from experts, dedicated volunteers, governmental agencies, corporate partners, civic groups, and other watershed stakeholders. Our restoration efforts, ranging from river cleanups to streambank stabilization, ultimately reduce pollution to the river, enhance habitat, and protect aquatic wildlife. Our science research seeks to strategically study and monitor our rivers to better understand their overall health as well as current and potential threats such as pollution and degradation.
Impairments in the Harpeth
Based on 2016 assessment information from the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation (TDEC), 73 of the 126 miles (58%) of the main river channel do NOT meet state water quality standards set to protect public health and wildlife. The river is impaired due to high levels of bacteria, low dissolved oxygen levels, phosphorus pollution, sedimentation/siltation, contaminated sediments (e.g., lead), and alterations in stream-side vegetative cover.
Latest Posts
American Rivers Names Harpeth River One of America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2015
April 7, 2018
Contact: Dorie Bolze, Harpeth River Watershed Association, (615) 479-0181Erin McCombs, American Rivers, (828) 649-7887 4/7/2015 Washington, D.C.- American Rivers named the Harpeth River among America’s
Harpeth Conservancy Helps Volunteers to Plant over 350 Trees in Kingston Springs, TN
February 26, 2018
Harpeth Conservancy Helps Volunteers to Plant over 350 Trees in Kingston Springs, TN Harpeth Conservancy and volunteers spend a Saturday morning reforesting the banks of
Rotary Club of Brentwood 11th Annual Little Harpeth Clean-up
January 30, 2016
For the eleventh year, the Rotary Club of Brentwood gathered volunteers to clean up the Little Harpeth River.
The Harpeth River Watershed Association Puts Citizenship and Service in Action
January 14, 2016
Volunteers to plant over 100 trees to stabilize an eroding river bank on the Little Harpeth River on MLK Day Nashville, TN (January 14, 2016) –