Empowering Clean Water Solutions in Your Community
Land use determines how much pollution flows into our creeks, streams, and native habitats. This means that decisions like whether to include green infrastructure projects such as trees and green streets in our communities, impact the quality of our neighborhood streams.
Rain gardens, pocket prairies, and tree plantings help to filter and clean stormwater before it flows into waterways. Not only does this protect stream habitat for plants and animals but this green, open space enhances our enjoyment of parks and greenways and keeps the source of our drinking water, the Cumberland River, clean.
Conservation Landscaping
The Compact offers free conservation landscaping consultations for individuals, businesses, and communities. We can help you assess your needs and suggest solutions such as pocket prairies, rain gardens, and more.
Download the Rain Garden Resource Guide.
Root Nashville
Root Nashville is a public-private campaign led by Metro Nashville and the Cumberland River Compact to plant 500,000 trees across Davidson County by 2050. Homeowners, apartment complexes, community centers, churches, and individuals can receive free trees from Root Nashville.
Depave
The Compact’s Depave program converts impervious surfaces, such as parking lots, into thriving green spaces that provide habitat, reduce flooding, and improve water quality. Do you know of a site that you’d like to see depaved? The Compact offers free consultations for potential sites.
No Mow Month
Every April, the Cumberland River Compact encourages residents of Davidson County to participate in No Mow Month to let their grass grow tall. Participants receive a No Mow Month sign and enjoy benefits such as creating beneficial habitats for native pollinators, supporting healthy soil, and enhancing water quality.
Adopt-a-Stream
In partnership with Metro Water Services, The Cumberland River Compact allows community groups to adopt and complete at least one cleanup of a stream section in Davidson County each year on their own schedule. Our current stream adopters include local businesses, community groups, schools, scout troops, and more, and over 100 miles of stream section have been adopted over the years!
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Streamlines is our monthly newsletter that keeps you up to date on the Cumberland River Compact. Sign up to get updates on the Compact’s work, giveaways, opportunities to get involved or volunteer, as well as reminders about upcoming events, workshops, and festivals.