VOICES of the - Harpeth River Watershed Association

Sunset over the
Harpeth River Valley
in Williamson County
“Protecting the State Scenic Harpeth
River and clean water in Tennessee.”
Photo credit: Greg Smit Photography
VOICES of the
Harpeth River Watershed Association
Summer 2015
It has been a big year for the Harpeth River!
The Harpeth River
Watershed Association’s
continued work on behalf
of the river we love has made
some big gains for the Harpeth.
Just this year, HRWA’s efforts
have ensured that the City
of Franklin accurately monitors the river near the site of
its drinking water plant withdrawal intake, and Tennessee
Department of Environment
and Conservation (TDEC) has
committed to studying whether
the City’s withdrawal causes
harm to aquatic life and lowers water quality. TDEC, EPA,
HRWA, Nashville, Franklin, and
other municipalities along the
Harpeth have begun development of a brand new pollu-
tion reduction plan – called
a Total Maximum Daily Load,
or “TMDL” – which will help
restore water quality by more
efficiently reducing pollution
across the watershed. We
reached agreements with
Berry’s Chapel and Cartwright
Creek to bring both facilities
into compliance with their
sewer discharge permits and to
cooperate on summer water
quality monitoring projects.
These are just a few of the past
year’s accomplishments!
mine what type of river we
pass on to our children.
Franklin will be moving
forward on expanding its
sewage treatment plant and
will push hard this summer to
expand its old drinking water
plant even though more
economical options exist.
How these important decisions are made will influence
what type of river present
and future citizens of the
watershed enjoy.
This coming year will be an
even bigger year for the
Harpeth. Our river is currently
at a crossroads, where upcoming decisions may well deter-
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1127, Franklin, TN 37065
Office Address: 215 Jamestown Park, Suite 100, Brentwood, TN 37027, 615-790-9767, Harpethriver.org
This April, the national
organization American
Rivers listed the Harpeth in
its annual report –
America’s Most Endangered Rivers. This report
does not focus on rivers
beyond repair, but on
rivers whose futures depend on how citizens and
their elected leaders
decide to utilize their
local river. Will it be a river
that is the recreational and
aesthetic centerpiece of
historic downtowns and
popular state parks? Or
an invisible river valued
only as a raw resource and
highway for waste removal? As citizens of the
Harpeth River Watershed,
these decisions are ours
to make.
Schenk Photography River Swing 2014
River2014
Swing
Harpeth River Watershed Association Presents
River Swing 2014, our annual auction, dinner and
dance fundraising event, took place at Harpeth Westover
Farm, Matt and Ann Dobson’s beautiful home on the banks
of the Harpeth River. Under a picture perfect September sky,
more than 400 guests enjoyed the fabulous fare, refreshing
libations, fellowship and festivities.
Thanks to our sponsors, guests, dedicated volunteers, auction donors and bidders, River Swing
2014 raised a record breaking $130,000!
JOIN US FOR
Presented By:
Saturday, October 3
Fairpath Farm, the home
of Todd & Susan Kaestner
Tickets and details at
riverswing.org
Event Champions:
River Swing 2015
River Defenders:
Neal & Harwell, PLC
Corporate Sponsors:
AquAeTer, Inc.
Boyle Investment Company
Crescent Communities
First Tennessee Bank
Keller Williams Realty
Ingram Barge Company
McKerley & Noonan, P.C.
Pearl Street Partners
The Aegis Group
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Volunteer Sponsor:
Lee Company
River Swing Tasting
Party Sponsors:
Darrell Waltrip Automotive Group
Franklin Synergy Bank
Greg Smit Photography
Media Sponsors:
NFocus
YOUR Williamson
Williamson Herald
Franklin Fighting Compliance with its Sewage Treatment Plant Permit
Department of Justice Weighs in to
Refute Franklin’s Arguments in
HRWA’s Clean Water Act Lawsuit
In 2014, HRWA sent 60 day
notices of intent to sue under
the Clean Water Act to all three
sewer treatment plants that discharge into the Harpeth River in
Williamson County. Cartwright
Creek and Harpeth Wastewater
Cooperative (formerly Berry’s
Chapel) quickly reached amicable settlement agreements
with HRWA with both sewer
plants agreeing to cooperate
on water quality monitoring projects and to take steps towards
achieving permit compliance.
Both facilities have made
improvements in their operations to meet permit obligations,
including writing plans to
optimize sewer plant operations
to reduce pollutants that feed
algal growth in the river.
On the other hand, the City of
Franklin refused to negotiate
and take steps to comply with
all its state sewer plant permit
requirements, instead flying
in an expensive D.C. law firm
to contest citizen’s rights to
enforce the Clean Water Act.
In an unusual move, the U.S.
Department of Justice intervened by filing a “friend of the
court” brief, stating that HRWA
had the right to enforce the
terms of the permit at issue and
that the arguments made by
Franklin implicated the EPA’s
nationwide enforcement of the
Clean Water Act.
Franklin also filed a lawsuit against HRWA claiming that HRWA had
an illegal motive in trying to enforce the terms of Franklin’s permit.
We have filed a motion to dismiss this baseless claim,
but mean10A
local news
while it has broadened the scope of the lawsuit and has resulted
THEATER REVIEW
in expensive and unnecessary discovery of HRWA and its volunteer
board members. Certainly taxpayer money would be better spent
focused on accomplishing the goals of the Clean Water Act.
For whatever reason that has prevented Franklin from wanting to
LongHRWA
known as a symresolve these Clean Water Act issues,
remains hopeful that a
bol of innocence and purity, the simple lily provides
emblemFranklin
for Miresolution can be reached that willachelfitting
bring
into compliance
Marc Bouchard’s riveting drama, “Lilies.” But
make
mistake, recovery
there’s
with its permit conditions and lead nothing
tonosimple
the
of the Harpeth’s
about this
unusual play.
The story opens in a
water quality.
Quebec prison in 1952. An
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2014
ACT 1’s ‘Lilies’ offers
emotional journey
By Amy Stumpfl
For The Tennessean
aging convict named SiSUBMITTED
mon Doucet has summoned his old classmate Ricardo Puerta, Bradley Moore and Daniel DeVault in “Lilies.”
Bishop Bilodeau to the
jail, purportedly to offer
his confession. But Simon
has something else in IF YOU GO
cellent as Vallier’s mothmind. He forces the bish- What: ACT 1 presents “Lilies” er, Countess de Tilly, creop to watch a play, in When: Through Nov. 15.
ating a sympathetic porwhich he and his fellow Performances at 7:30 p.m.
trait of a woman who has
prisoners reenact the Thursdays-Saturdays; 2:30
lost everything. And John
tragic events of Simon’s p.m. Sunday; with a special
Silvestro balances the
youth — including the bonus show on Wednesday,
rage and sorrow of the
death of an innocent Nov. 12.
older Simon with confiyoung man.
dence.
Where: The Darkhorse TheaHere, the action shifts ter, 4610 Charlotte Ave.,
The action plays out on
back to 1912, where we Nashville
an unadorned platform,
find the younger Simon Tickets: $15
and characters are estaband Count Vallier de Tilly Contact: act1online.com or
lished with the barest of
rehearsing the passion ticketsnashville.com
costumes or props. This is
play, “The Martyrdom of
certainly understandable,
St. Sebastian.” Jealous of
considering that the pristheir blossoming rooners would have limited
mance and twisted by his rector) demonstrates a access to such items. And
own religious fervor, the keen eye and great sensi- though it might be nice to
young Bilodeau is deter- tivity to the material. And see a bit more in terms of
mined to destroy what at Thursday evening’s fi- set design, Dave McGinsees as an “abomination.” nal dress rehearsal, it was nis’ lighting adds to the
This
multilayered obvious that the entire overall look and feel of the
structure — it’s actually a cast shares Smith’s com- production.
play within a play, within mitment to the piece.
It’s interesting to note
another play — may seem
Bradley Moore is out- the full title of Bouchard’s
rather cumbersome. And standing as the younger play — “Lilies, or The Rethere’s certainly a lot to Simon, capturing his char- vival of a Romantic Dratake in with the action acter’s inner conflict with ma.” Indeed, the idea of
moving back and forth a nicely layered perfor- revival takes on deeper
over time. In addition, mance. He shares a be- meaning as Simon exBouchard’s script (with lievable chemistry with plores the passion and
translation by Linda Ga- Daniel DeVault, who is pain of his former self.
boriau) is undeniably wonderful as the devoted
Such introspection is
dense — both in terms of Vallier. And Ricardo Puer- rarely easy. But “Lilies”
language and heavy use of ta adds heft to the villain- gives a fascinating look at
ousfityoung
— a theater as a Page
means of: revA10
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letter Bilodeau
page
But director Matt role that could easily be elation and redemption.
Smith (Memory Strong is played as caricature.
It’s an emotional journey,
credited as assistant diChuck Long also is ex- but one worth taking.
See HRWA factsheets for details
on the lawsuit, violations, and more:
harpethriver.org/programs/
protectourriver
Learn more about the 1972 Clean Water Act which mandates “fishable and swimmable
waters.” harpethriver.org/programs/waterquality/cwadefinition
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Reprint of ad in Tennessean 11-9-2014
The Citizen Suit provision of the Clean Water
Act Empowers Citizens to enforce compliance
THANK YOU
Harpeth Wastewater Cooperative & Cartwright Creek, LLC
for your commitment to a healthy Harpeth River
Last year, the subject of the Clean Water Act “Citizen
Suit” became something of a hot local topic after
HRWA filed suit against Franklin. Franklin has continuously complained that if the State didn’t bother to
enforce violations, then HRWA has no right to “become
the regulator.”
Franklin staff seem to be misinformed about the purpose of the Citizen Suit provision of the law over its 40
year history. The provision allows citizens to enforce
permit violations on behalf of the State only when the
State refuses to enforce those violations itself, whether
due to political pressure, lack of resources or other
reasons. In fact, the purpose of the 60 day notice is
to allow the State to bring its own enforcement action
and preempt the proposed Citizen Suit. In short, the
Citizen Suit is meant to empower local citizens when
the government is unwilling to or cannot act itself. The
60-day notice of Intent to File Suit required by law is
the official means of informing the permittee of problems so they will prioritize resolving them and hopefully
avoid a lawsuit.
Photo credit: Judie A. Heymann
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A big thanks to
our individual
volunteers and
these groups…
Boy Scout Troop 298
Brentwood High School
students
Beargrass Christian Church
Ensworth High School
Convergint Technologies
Franklin Road Academy
Girl Scout Troop 832
Restoration Highlights
HCA
The goal of the River Restoration and Wildlife Protection Program is to plan projects that lead
to cleaner water in the Harpeth and its tributaries. In most cases, this involves improving the
riparian (or streamside) areas of our streams and rivers so that it filters the pollution that the rain
carries with it as it runs off of parking lots, streets, yards, and farms. In the past year, we worked
with many different schools, business, civic groups, and other volunteers to plant trees,
stabilize the streambank, clean the river, and work with farmers to remove livestock
from the riparian zone.
Paddle Dog Adventures
Nissan
Team Green Adventures
Turner Construction
Whole Foods Market in Franklin
Wyman Center
Education Highlights
SAVEthe
DATE
Photo credit: Greg Smit Photography
The Education and Outreach Program strives to foster an appreciation for the wildlife that
call the Harpeth home and spread awareness of issues relating to clean water. In the past
year, we have partnered with many different schools and youth camps to lead youth in
activities that demonstrate how water quality affects wildlife in aquatic ecosystems. Thanks
to generous funding from the Barbara J. Mapp Foundation, we have been able to work
with Camp Warner Park, PEN Pals (a program of Metro Nashville Parks), Nashville A Rocha,
Adventure Science Center, and several different schools including Renaissance High in
Franklin and Harpeth Valley Middle School in Kingston Springs.
Orvis’
Down the Hatch
Fly-Fishing Film Festival
is coming to Nashville
Wednesday,
October 28, 2015
Proceeds benefiting
Harpeth River
Watershed Association
shells in a stream, chances
are a muskrat or otter recently feasted on these tasty
morsels.
Like most animals, the life
cycle of a mussel begins with
the fertilization of an egg cell.
After that, things get weird
quick: the female stores the
eggs in her gills where they
develop into
young musselsSearch “Natural Fish
-called gloLure | Lampsilis
chidia—that she
Mussel and Bass”
must eventually
dispatch onto a
on YouTube for an
host, either a fish
awesome video of
or salamander.
exploding glochidia.
Once aboard
the gracious host,
Also watch the video
the glochidia will
on our wildlife page! live as a parasite
on the host’s
gills or skin until they mature
enough to fend for themselves. Some species have a
flap of tissue called a mantle
that resembles a small fish
fluttering in the current, which
they use to lure in a predator
Freshwater mussel (Lampsilis fasciola) found in the Harpeth in Franklin
like a largemouth bass. When
the bass is close enough, the
mussel launches her glochidia
into the gills of the bass.
of freshwater mussels—more than anywhere
Currently, the Tennessee
else in the world, with the exception of Alabama. UnfortuWildlife Resources Agency
nately, the list of threatened, endangered, and even extinct
is refurbishing an old fish
mussels continues to grow. In the last hundred years, mussels
hatchery in Gallatin and will
have had to overcome all manner of manmade obstacles:
soon be opening it up under
overfishing, big TVA dams that have wiped out their habitat,
the name of the Cumberand pollution.
land River Aquatic Resource
Like all bivalves, mussels are filter feeders, meaning they
Center. This will be a surefire
strain nutrients out of the water as it drifts by. As such, they
way of seeing mussels, as well
naturally help clean out our waterways. In addition, they
as other threatened aquatic
themselves are an important food source for many types of
species, up close.
fish, birds, and mammals. If you ever come across a pile of
Freshwater Mussels:
Tennessee and Alabama have more
variety than anywhere else in the world
Tennessee has more than 100
species
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RIVER SWING
SATURDAY, OCT. 3
Auction Dinner Dance
This year River Swing has
a brand new location –
Fairpath Farm
Todd and Susan Kaestner’s
home on the banks of the
Harpeth River.
$150/person,
$1,500/table of 10
Tickets and more
information at
RiverSwing.org
(615) 790-9767
Protecting Rivers and Clean Water - License Plate Update
Plates will
be on the
road soon!
IT’S OFFICIAL!
Many thanks to the 1,000 inaugural year subscribers, plate
sponsors, and partners! Together we have achieved our
goal of launching a “Protecting Rivers and Clean Water”
TN Specialty License Plate. Over the next few months the State will be working on
production, so be sure to check back for updates at reservemyplate.org.
The Protecting Rivers and Clean Water Tennessee Specialty
License Plate will be coming to your County Clerk’s office
and Tennessee roads this winter. (ETA is Dec. 2015)
Cumberland River
Harpeth River
CUMBERLAND RIVER IS 650 TIMES LARGER THAN THE HARPETH RIVER
WHICH IS FRANKLIN’S RELIABLE DRINKING WATER SOURCE?
New Pollution Reduction Plan for
the Harpeth In Motion: Showcase in
Tennessee on Collaborative Approach
for an Entire River System
In June, TDEC officially announced that it will be
leading the development of a new pollution reduction plan
(or “TMDL”) for the entire Harpeth River Watershed. The effort
will involve a concerted effort by stakeholders across the watershed – including HRWA, Franklin, permittees, business owners, landowners, and others – to coordinate and implement
new water quality monitoring efforts. The State will oversee
the project, and EPA will contribute free access to state-ofthe-art modeling, which will be based on the water quality
monitoring data produced by stakeholders.
This is enormous news for both the river and local citizens!
A new, more accurate model will allow more efficient allocation of pollution reductions, helping to reduce pollution,
recover water quality, and improve the local economy. The
TMDL sets the maximum amount of pollution the Harpeth can
handle and recover to meet water quality standards. For this
effort, the focus is on reducing loads of nitrogen and phosphorus that in the summer feed excessive algal blooms that
degrade water quality and can lead to hazardous conditions. The TMDL is also the basis for all permit limits.
State issues stricter water
withdrawal permit for Franklin in June
Last year, HRWA submitted a formal complaint to the
State that highlighted compliance issues with the City of
Franklin’s permit for water withdrawals from the Harpeth
River. After meeting with TDEC and Franklin this spring, all
parties reached agreement on a new monitoring system
that will more accurately measure the flow in the river at
the point of withdrawal, which will help the City comply
with its permit limitations. TDEC also committed to adding
a dissolved oxygen limitation to Franklin’s new permit as
recommended by HRWA and to fund continued scientific
work in establishing low flow cutoffs for withdrawals from
rivers. These studies will help determine whether Franklin’s withdrawal is causing harm to aquatic life and water
quality. TDEC has specifically stated in joint meetings that
the permit’s current river flow cutoff, below which the city
has to stop pulling water from the Harpeth, needs to be
examined.
Franklin sewer and water department staff are still forging
ahead hoping to get approval for a new and twice as
large drinking water plant even though full cost economic
analyses indicate it is more expensive than purchasing the
remaining drinking water from their primary supplier HVUD
on the Cumberland River with a drinking water plant that
is at least 20 times the size of Franklin’s tiny plant on the
Harpeth.
Stay Current on the key drinking water decision in
Franklin! The Harpeth NEEDS YOUR VOICE!
Let Franklin Elected Officials Hear from you NOW!
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Harpeth River Blueway Locations
1 Ladd Farms - Proposed
2 Carothers/Helm Property - Proposed
3 Waters Edge – Proposed
4 Nichols Bend/Lake Area - Proposed
5 Eastern Flank – former site of the lowhead dam
6 Pinkerton Park
7 Bicentennial Park - Proposed
8 Harlinsdale Park
9 Williamson County Rec Center
10 Rizer Point
11 Fieldstone Farms Park - Proposed
12 Lynnwood Park
13 Cottonwood Estates
14 Old Hillsboro Road – Proposed
15 Old Natchez Trace Area – exact location not set
16 Moran Road
17 Highway 100
18 Coley-Davis
For maps and details:
19 Newsom’s Mill
Cumberland River Basin
20 Hidden Lake
Recreation Map: http://
21 Highway 249
cumberlandrivercompact.
22 Kingston Springs
org/recreationmap/
23 Hwy 70
24 Gossett Tract
25 Narrows
26 Harris Street
Need a fishing license? Get yours today:
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Other
Voices
Photo credit: John Guider
Photos and Essay: Paddling on One
of America’s Most Endangered Rivers
Written by: John Guider, author of The River Inside
The seven days I spent making my way on the Harpeth River while
paddling solo by canoe from my farmhouse in Franklin, Tennessee, to the
legendary riverbanks of New Orleans were some of the most spiritual
times I ever have spent in my life. The genteel late summer watercourse
offered a view of our world, both profound and serene,
giving me a sense that Eden possibly did
exist after all; it was we who had just
stopped looking for it.
The intimacy of the river was accentuated
by riverbanks that rose above my eyesight
and obstructed any views of civilization’s
encroachments. Except for a few bridges
and power lines, I had a view of America
as seen by the first settlers and felt the same
excitement and wonder of discovery they
must have felt. Nature drowned out any industrial noise, and free of cell
phones and radios, I spent my days revitalizing my body and spirit in the
life-providing waters that only a river like the Harpeth can truly provide.
Read the rest of the article at: http://www.orvis.com/news/conservation/recollections-of-the-river/
As a Nashville Native,
our guest blogger, Priscilla Kaestner
I’ve had the enriching experience of growing up next to the lakes and rivers of Middle Tennessee.
Growing up near Radnor Lake State Park exposed
me to the natural beauty of water and its function within an
ecosystem. Originally a water reservoir built for the railroads,
Radnor Lake played a part in the economy, as well as
established a natural habitat for Tennessee wildlife. Today
Radnor Lake is a popular recreational destination for Tennessee residents and tourists. The lake is the central focus of the
state park, which has several surrounding trails for hikers to
enjoy.
Radnor Lake’s main tributary, Otter Creek, winds through
Forest Hills before running into the Little Harpeth River.
Otter Creek has always been the perfect place to view tiny
aquatic critters. My younger sister and I, along with other
neighborhood children, would spend hours in the creek
catching crawdads, and, to our mother’s dismay, coming
home with dirt caked up to our knees. Otter Creek is interwoven amongst the neighborhoods and residential areas
of Nashville. The cleanliness of the water and its connecting
rivers should be of
upmost importance,
especially since it is
popular with young
children.
After moving
away from Radnor
Lake and Otter
Creek four years
ago, I’ve become
more acquainted
with the Harpeth
River. Otter Creek
flows from the Little
Harpeth, ultimately
winding into the
Harpeth River.
Photo credit: Donna Jones Bailey
Serving as a
borderline for our property on Del Rio Pike, the Harpeth River
is a beauty to be reckoned with. The Harpeth River attracts
outdoor adventurers who use its waters to canoe, kayak,
and fish. Occasionally, one will spot weekenders floating
down the river in brightly colored inner tubes during the
warm summer months.
The Harpeth River brings people and wildlife together in
a way that only a river can. As a sparkling display of life, the
Harpeth River deserves prime protection to ensure the future
of rivers in Middle Tennessee. Protecting the Harpeth will not
only benefit the surrounding wildlife and watershed, but the
human population that has become present on the banks
of the Harpeth.
Staff
Dorene Bolze, Executive Director / [email protected]
Amy Crownover, Development Director/
[email protected]
Jessica Wright, Donor Development &
Communications Coordinator / [email protected]
Cooper Breeden, Watershed Restoration &
Outreach Coordinator / [email protected]
Crystal Coldiron, AmeriCorps VISTA /
[email protected]
Kevin Bonin, Environmental Policy Analyst & Regulatory
Attorney / [email protected]
Julian Carmichael, Intern, Summer 2015
Photo credit: Susan Kaestner
Alex Winningham, Intern, Summer 2015
Financials
Harpeth River Watershed Association
HRWA Income Sources, FY2014
Harpeth River Watershed Association
Statement of Financial Position as of March 31, 2015
Cash - Savings and Checking
Restricted Cash (License Plate Program)& Other
Accounts Receivable
Prepaid Expenses
$125,040
$14,609
$14,646
$33,965
TOTAL ASSETS
$188,260
Accounts Payable, Accrued Wages,
and Payroll Tax Liability
Equity/Net Assets
$21,824
$166,437
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
$188,260
24%
River Swing Event
5%
Corporate & Other
Contracts
Government Grants
Foundations
1%
4%
22%
TOTAL: $484,112
HRWA Expenditures, FY2014*
Outreach &
Education Program
15%
Administration
4%
Fundraising
*Full audit and financials available on GivingMatters.com
Newsletter design by Amaranth Designs LLC,
with photographic credit to Donna John Bailey,
Dorie Bolze, Cooper Breeden, John Guider,
Judy A. Heumann, Susan Kaestner, Schenk
Photography, Greg Smit, W. Stacy Vereen and
Kathryn Wolfe.
Individual Donations
44%
River Restoration
& Wildlife Protection
Program
Water Quality
& Sustainability
Program
TOTAL: $470,363
16%
27%
38%
Includes supporters in 2014
and through June 30, 2015
$10,000 and up
Horatio B. and Willie J. Buntin
Foundation
The Barbara J. Mapp Foundation Dan and Margaret Maddox
Charitable Fund, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Dobson V
Dugas Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ingram
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin H. Ingram II
Nissan North America, Inc.
Tennessee Department of Agriculture Nonpoint Source Program
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wade
Thank you for helping protect the State Scenic
Harpeth River and clean water in Tennessee.
Harpeth River Watershed Su
$1,000 to $9,999
Atticus Trust
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bolze
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Bolze
Bonnaroo Works Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Brockman Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Brown Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Byrd
Dr. and Mrs. Dan Canale
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Carr
City of Brentwood
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Collins
The Community Foundation
of Middle Tennessee
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Corn
Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee O. Currey Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Donnell Edward and Rose Donnell Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Feiler
The Frist Foundation
Mr. Joe Glaser
Ms. Kate R. W. Grayken
Mr. and Mrs. Stephan C. Harlan
Mr. and Mrs. H. Rodes Hart Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hayes
HCA Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller III
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Hooker
Ms. Lizz Kabat
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Ms. Kathy MacLachlan
Ms. Emily A. Magid
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Miede
MSB Cockayne Fund, Inc.
Mr. Rod L. Pewitt
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Priest
Mr. and Mrs. Zulu Scott-Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. George Z. Seiters III
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Mr. and Mrs. Wade P. Thornton
Toyota 100 Cars for Good
Village Real Estate Services
Walton’s Antique & Estate Jewelry
Waters Edge Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wilker
$500 to $999
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Bent
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Calhoun
Mr. and Mrs. William Coble II
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dab
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Doubleday
Ms. Corbette S. Doyle
Ensworth High School
Dr. and Mrs. William Daniel Halford
Mr. and Mrs. Allan W. Horner
Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson Jackson
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Legan
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Lehew
Ms. Pam Lewis
Little Harpeth Brewing, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Owens
Mr. and Mrs. F. Perry Ozburn
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Paslay
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. David Roland
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Roos
Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Shirling
Mr. Frank Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. Clark H. Tidwell
Mr. Mark Volman and
Ms. Emily Ector-Volman
$100 to $499
ADS Security
Amaranth Designs LLC
Mr. N.A.C. Andrews Jr. and Ms. Jane Severs Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Anthony
Mr. and Mrs. James Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Atack
Ms. Melinda O. Bass and
Mr. Jack M. Bass II
Dr. Charles Beauchamp
Ms. Betty C. Bellamy
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Block
Mr. and Mrs. Ray S. Bolze
Mr. and Mrs. Chad Boomershine
Mr. and Mrs. C. Dewey Branstetter Jr.
Mr. Albert W. Buckley Jr.
Ms. Debra C. Burroughs
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Caprio
Carmichael Capital, Inc.
Ms. Shelly Case
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cheek Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Will T. Cheek
Ms. Ellen Clark and Dr. Lou Laratta
Mr. Luther Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Crump
Mr. Tom Cullen and Ms. Wray Estes
Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee Currey
Mr. George Lynn Davis Mr. William T. DePriest
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Dobson IV
Mr. Jason I. Epstein
The Jane and Richard Eskind
and Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Farris
Along South Harpeth Fernvale
Residents
Mrs. Lorraine Ferrell
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ford
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Fox
Mr. Robert Francescon
Dr. and Mrs. David Gailani
Mr. and Mrs. William Scott Gain
Ms. Nancy Gentry
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ghertner
Mrs. Candyce Williams Glaser
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Gray
Mr. Rick Guthrie
Ms. Catherine H. Gwyn
Mr. and Mrs. Boxwell Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Healy
Senator Douglas Henry
The Hunt Family Foundation
of Nashville, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard O. Hunter
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Ishee
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Jeter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kaestner
Mr. and Mrs. Lee L. Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. Steven King
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Knight
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kown
Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Lamar III
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Landry
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Leonard
Ms. Nora K. Limon
Dr. and Mrs. Macrae Fort Linton
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lockwood
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur S. Logan
Mr. Thomas H. Loventhal
Mr. Jack Lyle and Ms. Mary Buckner
Mr. and Mrs. Philip MacDonald
Mr. Braton Machleit
Ms. Nancy Maclean
Mr. James R. Mahurin
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Manley
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. H. Mathews III
Ms. Jean Matthews
Merridee’s Breadbasket
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Miller-McLemore
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Mitchell Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murrey
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nischan
Mrs. Jane K. Norris
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Paquette
Perennial Plant Society
of Middle Tennessee
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Poole III
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Porter
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood L. Powers
Mr. and Mrs. Mack S. Prichard
Puckett’s Boat House
Ms. Mary L. Ray
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Ridings
Mr. Marc Rogers
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upporters
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Ryman
Mr. Maurice Sartin
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Scoutten
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Sloan III
Ms. Barbara O. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Smith
Mr. John C. Spooner and Ms. Dianne E. Tankersley
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Spradley
Mr. Barry W. Sulkin
Ms. Catherine C. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey G. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Towers
Mr. Ryan Trisler
United Way of Williamson County
Mr. Gregory L. Wade
Mr. and Mrs. J. Otey Walker III
Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. Wall III
Mr. Mal Wall and Ms. Barbara Cannon-Wall
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Warden Sr.
Mrs. Margo Wilding
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Wylie III
Mr and Mrs. Tom L. Yao
Mr. William J. Yost
Mr. and Mrs. John Young
Up to $99
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Akers
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Alford
Mr. Charles Allen
Mr. Robert Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley W. Allen
Mr. Charles Alley
Amazon Smile Foundation
Mr. Siddharth Anvekar
Ms. Nerissa B. Aquino
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Bach Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Warner Bass
Ms. Betsy M. Baylor
Mr. Robert Beck
Ms. Susan Besser
Mr. Alan C. Birdsell
Ms. Jill Birdsong
Ms. Sandy Bivens and Mr. Bob Parrish
Ms. Dorie Bolze and Mr. Claude Carmichael
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bondurant
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent S. Bonvissuto
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brandt
Mr. Cooper Breeden
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Bressman
Mr. Brandon Brown
Mr. Robert D. Brown
Mr. David Bruce
Mr. and Mrs. Don Brunetti
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Burke
Mr. Buddy Caldwell
Ms. Ruth-Decker Chaney
Mr. Mike Clark and Ms. Susi Trabue
Ms. Mary Helen Clarke
Mr. Thomas W. Clepper
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Coke Jr.
Mr. Chris Cole
Congregation Micah
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Crownover Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Crutchfield
Dr. John W. Dawson
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby A. Deal
Mr. and Mrs. Don M. Dicie
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Diehl
Mr. Gabe Dixon
Mr. Hugh J. Du Pree
Mr. Kent Durso
Ms. Tracy E. Ervin
Ms. Alexandra Ewing
Mr. Kenneth Fagan and
Ms. Susan B. Sol
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Fisketjon
Ms. Lisa Foote
Mr. and Mrs. John Foreman
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Fredrick
Ms. Lisa Friedman
Mr. Scott Gattis
Mr. and Mrs. Alan E. Gaus
Mr. and Mrs. John Gifford
Ms. Donna L. Glassford
Mr. and Mrs. Erich B. Groos Jr.
Ms. Ruth M. Hagstrom
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton G. Hammer
Mr. David Turner
Mr. and Mrs. David Vandenbergh
Mr. and Ms. Phil Venable
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Walker, III
Mr. and Mrs. Dusty R. Walker, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Weaver
Mr. Austin B. Webb
Mr. Dudley White
Colonel and Mrs. Samuel A. Whitson
Ms. Eleanor Willis
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Winningham
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wyatt
Mr. William J. Yost
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Young
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young
Ms. Lisa Harless
Ms. Laura Harper
Ms. Joan Harshman
Ms. Inez W. Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. Connor J. Haugh
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene I. Heller
Ms. Angie Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hester
Ms. Lauren Hill and Ms. Jane Polansky
Ms. Lela Hollabaugh
Mr. Taylor Holland
Mr. Brad Hoot
Mr. Derrick Houston
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Huddleston
Mr. Christopher Hudson
Mr. Keith Hyman
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Ickes
Mr. John N. Jaszcz and
Ms. Judith Cataldo-Jaszcz
Mr. Richard W. Jett
Mr. Michael Johnson
Mr. David Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Kelley
Mr. John Kells
Kermit Chair Company LLC
Mr. David Krug
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Laird
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Lequire
Mr. John Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Ligon
Mr. Joe M. Littleton
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Lovier
Mr. Brian Mansfield
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. McCaleb
Ms. Jocelynne McCall
Ms. Kathlyn Parks McCaughna
Mr. and Mrs. David McCracken
Ms. Ashlee McDaniel
Meseck Family Chiropractic, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Miller
Mrs. Eileen N. Moody
Ms. Eugenia M. Moore
Mr. Stuart M. Moore
Mr. William Darrell Moseley
Mr. John B. Moss
Mr. James B. Nance
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Neese
Ms. Lori Nelsen
Ms. Jean Nelson Mr. Will Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ober
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Penley
Ms. Carol J. Pitman
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Plunkett
Mr. Benjamin J. Polly and
Ms. Erin N. Palmer
Ms. JonAllene Poole
Ms. Margaret Prass
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Price
Ms. Marsha Raimi
RE/MAX Fine Homes
Ms. Linda Y. Reed
Mr. Robert Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Remick
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Reynolds
Mr. Robert E. Rice
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ring
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rochford
Mr. Nicholas Romer
Mr. Patrick Rooney and
Ms. Constance King
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Rork
Mr. Dave Rosenberg
Ms. Susan M. Ross
Mr. Blake Salmony
Mr. Randall K. Sensing
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Shapton
Mr. Todd Sharp
Dr. Chris Shew
Ms. Patricia Shin
Software, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Southard
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wayne Spencer
Mr. Jay Staler
Ms. Elizabeth Stein
Mr. and Mrs. George Waylon Stevens
Mr. Mark C. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Storm
Mr. William R. Taber Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall P. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Trost
Mr. William Steven Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Tutt
Tyne Meade Garden Club
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
Mr. and Ms. Phil Venable
Mr. W. Stacy Vereen
Mr. Anthony J. Vincent and Ms. Diane M. Jabas
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory R. Weaver
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin White
Colonel and Mrs. Samuel A. Whitson
Mr. and Mrs. David Widmer
Mrs. Joyce M. Wilding
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Willmering
Mr. Paul J. Wills
Mrs. Martha Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Winningham
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Wooten
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wyatt
Mr. and Mrs. Ed M. Young
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Harpeth River Watershed Association
P.O. Box 1127, Franklin, TN 37065
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Matt Dobson Chairman of the Board Aegis Group John M. Dab Vice Chairman & Secretary
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Treasurer Consulting Toxicologist Becky Barkley
Mike Blosser
Linda Breggin David Bridgers Mary Brockman Angela Calhoun Jeff Carr Mike Corn Wayne Edwards
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Dodd Galbreath Patty Ghertner Joe Glaser John Guider Lisa Harless John R. Mattox II, Ph.D. Owner, Paddle Dog Adventures
Gary Hawkins Nancy Hiatt John Ingram Orrin Ingram Susan Kaestner
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“Protecting the State Scenic Harpeth River
and clean water in Tennessee.”
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