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HRWA RESTORATION PROJECTS

September 2006 - Volunteers and HRWA staff install additional cedar
revetments along the banks of the Little Harpeth River.

 

Volunteer River Restoration Corps restoration project history

December 2007	Eagleville Cub Scouts do riparian restoration. Read the Report with Pictures.
November 2007	Nashville, TN. HRWA and Ensworth School team up to stabilize banks in Warner Park along the Little Harpeth River. Read the Report with Pictures
May 2007	Franklin, TN. Tree planting along the Harpeth River on Daniels Drive to help stabilize the bank.
April 2007	Eagleville, TN. Streambank stabilization project as part of HRWA ongoing work with the community to create and implement a Watershed Restoration Plan. More details coming soon - please contact our office with questions.
March 2007	Bowie Park, Fairview, TN. Volunteers restored several sections of trail and streambank that we contributing sediment (soil) to the Little Turnbull Creek. This project was funded by REI in Brentwood.
November 2006	Bowie Park in Fairview. Volunteer River Restoration Corps improved three sites in Fairview's Bowie Park to decrease soil entering Little Turnbull Creek. Funded by REI in Brentwood.
August 2006	River Park, Brentwood, TN. Volunteers and HRWA staff did several projects in River Park to help protect exposed tree roots from high water flows in the Little Harpeth River.
January 21, 2006	McCutcheon Creek Spring Hill, TN. On January 21, 2006, volunteers came out to Jerry Erwin Park in Spring Hill to help with a reforestation project on McCutcheon Creek in the Duck River watershed.
August 11, 2005	Little Harpeth River, Brentwood, TN. Boy Scout Mark Corrin organized a cedar revetment project in River Park, Brentwood, to earn his Eagle Scout status. Harpeth River watershed.
February 12, 2005	McCutcheon Creek Spring Hill, TN. Boy Scout Kenny Snyder and volunteers continue cedar revetment project on McCutcheon Creek in Jerry Erwin Park, Spring Hill. Duck River watershed
December 18, 2004	Little Harpeth River Brentwood, TN. Boy Scout Kenny Snyder organized an Eagle Scout project in River Park, Brentwood. Harpeth River watershed.
March 15, 2003	Little Harpeth River, Edwin Warner ParkNashville, TN Little Harpeth River Tower Park, Brentwood, TN. The Volunteer River Restoration Corps Does Two Projects in One Day: It was an amazing Saturday morning with two simultaneous river restoration projects on the Little Harpeth River. Girl Scouts planted close to 1000 trees in several areas to recreate a buffer zone along the Little Harpeth River in Tower Park and over 30 volunteers replanted the streambank in Picnic Area #11 along the Little Harpeth River in Edwin Warner Park. Harpeth River watershed.
December 16, 2002	North Ewingville Creek Franklin, TN. A group of volunteers showed up to help install cedar revetments and stream deflectors on Ralston Branch a tributary of North Ewingville Creek in northeast Franklin. Harpeth River watershed.
October 26, 2002	West Harpeth River Franklin, TN. The Volunteer River Restoration Corps did its first cedar revetment project on Saturday. It was an all day affair with a great turnout! The project is also part of the Streambank Erosion Study. Harpeth River watershed.
February 22, 2002	Turnbull Creek Kingston Springs, TN. The River Restoration Corps did a stream bank restoration project in Kingston Springs on the Turnbull Creek Sat. Feb. 22, 2002 in conjunction with the City of Kingston Springs.. Harpeth River watershed.