The Compact is proud to collaborate with cities like Nashville, Franklin, Clarksville, Gallatin and more to address urban stormwater issues through programs like Adopt-A-Stream, rain gardens, rain barrels, DePave, and tree plantings. Pollution to urban streams and rivers is lessened when we slow the rain and sink it into the ground before it hits a hard, impervious path to the Cumberland River and its tributaries.
3 If you have a site that needs depaving, please fill out the form below for more information.
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Our mission is to enhance the health and enjoyment of the Cumberland River and its tributaries through action, education, and collaboration.
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Creek Critters is an interactive, environmental education program for youth, where we bring the creek to you! The goal of our Creek Critters program is to get kids interested in science and in our precious water resources at a young age.
Creek Critters teaches students what lives in their creek and empowers them to take action to protect their environment! The program is aligned to 4th Grade science standards, but can be adapted for other grades. We also offer an extended, 3-day program. This program includes a day of watershed exploration with our stormwater model, a typical Creek Critters day, and a final day where students create a collaborative art piece to share what they learned.
In the Creek Critters program, we arrange to visit a local school (churches or community groups are also welcome to host if interested) and teach 3-4 classes about local waters and aquatic organisms. The program is open to all schools on a first come, first served basis.
10 Depaving projects are a cost-effective way to reduce urban water pollution from stormwater runoff.
It removes impervious surface and introduces a new pervious surface that actively absorbs stormwater. By utilizing volunteers, we are able to cut traditional concrete/asphalt removal costs in half.
11 Depaving projects are a cost-effective way to reduce urban water pollution from stormwater runoff.
It removes impervious surface and introduces a new pervious surface that actively absorbs stormwater. By utilizing volunteers, we are able to cut traditional concrete/asphalt removal costs in half.
12 DEPAVE AT GREATER NASHVILLE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
From Parking to Playground
August 2017
The Compact held its first asphalt-removing volunteer event on Saturday, August 26 2017 at Greater Nashville Unitarian Universalist Church in Bellevue. With the help of some…
13 DEPAVE AT GREATER NASHVILLE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
From Parking to Playground
August 2017
The Compact held its first asphalt-removing volunteer event on Saturday, August 26 2017 at Greater Nashville Unitarian Universalist Church in Bellevue. With the help of some…
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Three million people and thousands of species depend on clean water from the Cumberland River. Our job is to make sure they get it.
The Cumberland River Basin, one of the top three most biodiverse regions in the world, encompasses cities, farms, schools, factories, and neighborhoods. Our efforts in education, restoration, and outreach all contribute to keeping our water healthy.
We work on root problems of water pollution, both urban and rural. Our goal is to give people the tools to be smart, impactful stewards of their watershed and to constructively partner in policy planning with government agencies.
Preferred Grade: 3rd
Students will estimate how much water is on Earth and why we cannot use all of it. Then, they will simulate the movement of water through the water cycle with an interactive activity.
Preferred Grade: 3rd
Students will estimate how much water is on Earth and why we cannot use all of it. Then, they will simulate the movement of water through the water cycle with an interactive activity.
Creek Critters is an interactive, environmental education program for youth, where we bring the creek to you! The goal of our Creek Critters program is to get kids interested in science and in our precious water resources at a young age.
Creek Critters is an interactive, environmental education program for youth, where we bring the creek to you! The goal of our Creek Critters program is to get kids interested in science and in our precious water resources at a young age.
Root Nashville plants the first 5,000 trees in a thirty year effort to restore Nashville’s tree canopy.
Launch of Compensatory Mitigation program opens opportunity for large scale stream restoration to restore habitat of imperiled species.
The Cumberland River Compact brings Depaving to Tennessee with volunteers peeling up asphalt and replacing oversized parking lots with gardens.
The Cumberland River Compact and the Nature Conservancy of Tennessee, with generous support from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation, partner to write a strategic plan for dam removal and then inventory and prioritize dam removals throughout Tennessee.
First year of Waterfest in Cumberland Park - a free, fun science fair with water slides and sno-cones attracts thousands each summer.
River Talks, An Educational Series at the Cumberland River Center is born.
20 Water way map