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2024 News Articles

January 22, Williamson Herald: Brentwood Noon Rotary Club holding annual Little Harpeth Cleanup on Feb. 3

January 28, Tennessee Lookout: TDEC in litigation over water withdrawal from Duck River

January 30, NewsChannel5: Proposed bill could remove legal protections on 430,000 acres of Tennessee wetlands

January 31, NewsChannel5: Artist Anne Goetze debuts documentary promoting nature conservancy

January 31, Tennessee Lookout: A bill to end protections for Tennessee wetlands draws pushback

February 1, nFocus: Best Parties 2023

Jan/Feb Issue, Williamson County Living pp 41-44: Protecting Tennessee’s Waterways

Jan/Feb Issue, Maury County Living: Protecting Tennessee’s Waterways

February 15, WPLN: Wetlands have some protections in Tennessee. The state legislature might remove them.

February 22, Nashville Scene: Critics Pick: Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2024

February 28, Tennessee Lookout: Developers seeking to gain from building boom tied to Ford Plant push for weaker wetland rules

February 28, Tennessee Lookout: Connecting the dots between Tenn.’s home builders and bill to deregulate construction on wetlands 

March 7, Tennessee Lookout:Developer-backed bill to end wetlands protections shelved by Tennessee Senate

March 8, The Tennessean: Hickman Planning Commission denies preliminary plan for controversial Pinewood Surf Club

March 8, ECOS: Tennessee Legislature Defers Action, Continues Study of Proposed Wetlands Bill

March 11, Hickman County Times: Surf club application turned down by planners

April 15, Williamson Herald: Strong lineup announced for Harpeth Conservancy’s 2nd annual ‘Songwriters for Streams’ fundraiser

April 16, WKRN.com: Duck River placed on America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2024 list

April 16, WKRN: Duck River put on endangered river list for 2024

April 16, WPLN: The Duck River is one of the most endangered rivers in U.S., report shows

April 17, Tennessee Lookout: Duck River among the ‘most endangered’ in the nation

April 20, Lightning 100: Community Corner

2024 Press Releases

February 7, Harpeth Conservancy Hosts Wild & Scenic Film Festival 

March 18, Barry Dean, Tom Douglas and James Slater announced as line-up for Harpeth Conservancy’s second annual ‘Songwriters for Streams’ fundraiser

 

2023 News Articles

January 5, 2023, The Tennessean: How one rural county is fighting to save a pristine creek from pollution as Middle Tennessee grows

January 31, 2023, Williamson Herald: Numerous volunteers help clean up Little Harpeth River on behalf of Brentwood Rotary

February 2, 2023, nFocus Magazine: Best Parties 2022

April 20, 2023, Nashville Scene: The Green Issue 2023 – TDEC Referees Waste Treatment in Dickson County

April 26, 2023, Wilson County Source: Harpeth Conservancy President and Founding CEO Dorie Bolze Honored for Nonprofit Organization Leadership

June 2, 2023, Kingston Springs Gazette: ‘Everyone can contribute’: State of the Harpeth River today

September 7, 2023, The Tennessean: Tennessee reaches settlement over Dickson County waterway pollution. Here’s what it means.

September 7, 2023, Fox17/WZTV Nashville: Conservation group, state department settle to tackle bacteria in Middle Tennessee river

2023 Press Releases

April 25, Nashville Business Journal Honors Harpeth Conservancy President and Founding CEO Dorie Bolze for Nonprofit Organization Leadership

May 1, Harpeth Conservancy’s first ‘Songwriters for Streams’ event with acclaimed creators Tom Douglas and Jeffrey Steele was a sell-out and huge success

May 3, Harpeth Conservancy Announces Leadership Expansion

September 7, Trace Creek Settlement 

October 4, Harpeth Conservancy almost doubles proceeds from 20th Annual River Swing fundraising event

November 10, Harpeth Conservancy’s 2023 River Steward Award recipients announced 

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Clean Water Protection

Harpeth Conservancy joins community to Protect the Piney River

Harpeth Conservancy, along with legal and engineering experts working for Friends of the Piney, reviewed PSC’s materials submitted to the Commission the week prior. Our overarching assessment—based on decades of working with local, state, and federal agencies’ permitting requirements to protect public health and waterways—was that PSC provided insufficient details to county decisionmakers about how the development will address severe flooding and flood safety, sewage treatment, and drinking water.

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March 6, 2024
Clean Water Protection

Duck River Permits

The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) is asking for public comments on a series of proposed and expanded water withdrawals (by drinking water utilities) from one of the most biodiverse rivers in the world—the Duck River—which flows through Middle Tennessee.

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February 27, 2024
Community Engagement

The Living Land Film

The Living Land is a film showcasing the rich sights and sounds of nature in Middle Tennessee as they are traced through all four seasons, accompanied with narrated poetry and music. Native American singer/songwriter
Bill Miller also contributes music and reads from the Native American Book of Wisdom.

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Community Engagement

Branching out: Native Trees for Clean Water!

When we choose to prioritize planting these native trees, it becomes a profound way to not only connect with our local ecosystem but also to contribute to the enduring health of our rivers and waterways.

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