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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
April 24, Bedford County Post: Duck River listed as ‘threatened river’
May 30, Williamson Herald: Harpeth Conservancy launches river advisory system – Tennessee Water Watch
June 4, Public News Service: Middle TN’s Duck River on list of ‘nation’s most endangered’ waterways
June 27, nFocus: Mussel Memory: Saving the Diversity of the Duck River
August 9, Kingston Springs Gazette: Harpeth Conservancy dedicates 25 years to protecting river
2024 Press Releases
February 7, Harpeth Conservancy Hosts Wild & Scenic Film Festival
May 23, Harpeth Conservancy launches river advisory system—Tennessee Water Watch
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
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