Annual Report

July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005

• Partnered with the Murfreesboro Greenway program to create “Water We Here For,” an afterschool program at McFadden Community Center that teaches kids about rivers. This program won a monthly award of $300 and t-shirts for the participants from WaterWorks!, a state-wide water education and outreach project.
• Partnered with Rutherford County Planning Department, League of Women Voters and WaterWorks! to present a lesson on land use and water pollution to 1200 third graders at Kids City.
• Hosted TVA and the Tennessee Growth Readiness program to “Train the Trainers” on issues of development and water quality.
• Worked with the Smyrna stormwater program on the first annual Waterfest on Stewarts Creek.
• Presented “After the Storm," a video program with follow-up discussion at Patterson Park Community Center in Murfreesboro.
• Created an ad hoc advisory committee with members stretching from Smyrna to Short Mountain.
• Educated ourselves at conferences, workshops, and seminars.

• Became the fifth watershed to join the Cumberland River Compact process (following the Harpeth, Red, Mid-Cumberland and Caney Fork). We co-sponsored six community meetings throughout the watershed, named a representative to the CRC Board and Basin Council, and regularly attend meetings of the Water Quality Advisory Committee.
• Coordinated with Watershed Program of TDEC to host a public meeting and water quality presentation at our annual meeting.
• Worked with the Harpeth River Watershed Association and AMEC environmental engineers to develop our proposal for the Lytle Creek restoration

• Hosted fun floats and work floats throughout the temperate months of the year. We floated every stretch of the East Fork from Hoovers Mill near Woodbury to the VA near Walter Hill Dam.
• Took some VIPs down the river in August and used the opportunity to tell a number of County Commissioners and other officials about our work.
• Promoted the creation of a Stones River Blueway that will consist of a network of public access points on the river. We met with Murfreesboro officials concerning Browns Mill and followed developments concerning the Guy James property. We’ve also opened discussions with TDOT about regaining access at the Lascassas bridge.
• Hauled trash: truckloads out of the Sinking Creek wetlands on Memorial Blvd.; boatloads out of the East Fork; bagfuls from Fortress Rosecrans and the Greenway during the "Stones Throw Away” cleanup sponsored by Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation.

• Grant for education and outreach from TDEC/Greater Nashville Regional Council.
• Grant to plan for restoration of Lytle Creek from Tn. Department of Agriculture.
• Clean Streams grant from TWRA.
• Waterworks! prize for our afterschool program.

• Launched our website and listserv.
• Kept our friends and members informed through regular email bulletins.
• Received positive publicity about our efforts in Nashville and Murfreesboro papers.
• Communicated frequently with state and local public officials.
• We have a phone: 615-692-2126.