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Student Participation and Volunteers Needed!
Tennessee Environmental Council to plant 5,000 trees
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On Saturday February 4, 2012 Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC) is partnering with
Middle Tennessee communities to make a ‘tree’mendous impact in our area by planting 5000 trees in various Middle Tennessee locations. This tree planting effort will target stream side zones alongside creeks and stream in urban areas, typically waters identified on a list of polluted streams (303d list) by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Planting trees along these streams greatly improves the health of the waters by increasing natural vegetation to decrease erosion and shading the water cooling it and making it more hospitable to fish and other aquatic life.

  Murfreesboro Location Details:
                          Where: Kroger parking lot corner of Lascassas Pike / East.Rutherford Blvd                    
 When: Saturday February 4, 2012
 8:30 am – 9:00am Volunteer Registration

                                                                      9:00 am – 2:00pm Tree Planting

                                       Why: Planting trees will help protect the streambank & water quality,
                                                & will provide habitat and canopy along Little & Big Creeks,
                                                                & the tributary to Bushman Creek

Volunteers (individuals or groups) are needed! Interested parties contact TEC directly: Mike Lorrain (TEC project manager) at 615-225-7294 or mlorrain1912@hotmail.com.  Volunteers should dress appropriate for the weather and bring rain gear gloves, work boots, shovels and drinking water/snacks. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

If your organization or class offers public service and needs projects or required hours, please contact us to discuss ways to achieve them through local stream protection efforts. 

NEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE:

(Generic Use: Statewide)

Discover the Waters of Tennessee is 16 page, full-color youth activity booklet with educational activities throughout. The booklet is correlated to the Tennessee Education Standards to aid use in a formal classroom setting (click here for correlations). If you are interested in booklets, please CONTACT US for details.

The booklet was developed by MTSU's Center for Environmental Education, Project WET and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and is included in the award-winning Project WET, KIDS series. Currently the booklet is distributed throughout Tennessee and the goal is to have it available for use in all counties through a variety of outreach applications (parks, scouts, classrooms, outreach events etc) through the help of local partners.

Topics include understanding watersheds and stormwater runoff, geology and topography of Tennessee, waterways and their uses throughout Tennessee history, wildlife that live in the different types of water habitats, water pollution sources and solutions, understanding flooding and details about the historic flood of May 2010, water use and conservation, and highlights of special water places around Tennessee including karst/ cave systems, waterfalls and a prehistoric watering hole.

After completing the booklet, request a CERTIFICATE to recognize each scholar's learning achievement.
We look forward to your feedback and learning how this is being used in the Tennessee communities.








(Local Use: Stones River Watershed/ City of Murfreesboro/ MTSU Campus)

The Center for Environmental Education at MTSU recently developed two (2) new educational materials to use during outreach on the campus and within the City limits of Murfreesboro to educate citizens about particular water pollutants and local streams within the Stones River Watershed, and to raise awareness that stormwater runoff is not treated before it drains into local waterways. 

Versions of these can be revised to include other local information if you would like these used in your community. Contact us for details.

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