
Advocacy Action Alert: Support the creation of a TN Office of Outdoor Recreation
The legislative season is upon us and we have an unusual opportunity to join forces to create a Tennessee Office of Outdoor Recreation (OREC) in
For years we have worked to reduce pollution from activities near the Harpeth River.
Over 10 years ago, we worked with state legislators, Metro planning staff, and others when the property owner of the McCrory Lane quarry, located next to the State Scenic Harpeth at the Davidson/Cheatham County line, proposed a construction & debris (C & D) landfill to fill the quarry.
The landfill proposal over 10 years ago was a “red flag” because under the State Scenic Rivers Act landfills are prohibited within 2 miles on either side of the State Scenic sections of the Harpeth in Davidson county. The proposed state legislation to allow the landfill in the quarry was withdrawn, so the C & D landfill was not constructed. The documents for the current project mention draining and filling with dirt for the future use of the filled limestone quarry for future construction and development. The outfall for dewatering of the quarry is proposed to be on the adjacent property.
We are still gathering documents and conferring with experts, government officials, and community leaders. Although we have not finished our work, we do have the following concerns based on the documents submitted to TDEC:
a) “… wastes, other than special wastes, resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of structures and from road building. Such wastes include but are not limited to bricks, concrete, and other masonry materials, soil, rock and lumber, road spoils, rebar, paving material.”
The legislative season is upon us and we have an unusual opportunity to join forces to create a Tennessee Office of Outdoor Recreation (OREC) in
In November 2022, Harpeth Conservancy in partnership with the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed an official complaint to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) alerting
Email Petition Instructions: Use our email petition form to the left in order to send a message to Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)
YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE AUGUST 30, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING AND WRITTEN COMMENTS TO TDEC ARE CRITICAL! THE HARPETH RIVER IS STILL IMPAIRED, BUT THE DRAFT
On June 2, 2022, Harpeth Conservancy along with the TN Chapter of the Sierra Club (TNSC), and Brian Paddock (a Cookeville environmental lawyer) sent comments
On June 1, 2022, Harpeth Conservancy sent comments to the Nashville District of the US Army Corps of Engineers on the Center Hill Dam and
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