#harpeth river

[kickfishing]

[mrkuli]

Hole-y Mother Nature!

[jamesandserena]

I was born to be wild

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Catching some rays

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Harpeth River pt. 2

[jamesandserena]

Harpeth River pt. 1

[myyearofgivingdaily]

Gonna take a lot of river

This summer, the church I attend is hosting family get-togethers at area parks on Wednesday evenings. We had the first one last night — an evening of kickball, cornhole, s'mores and creek wading at Edwin Warner Park, one of the largest parks in this part of the country.

I remember playing along the same stretch of the Little Harpeth River where my daughters played last night. The Little Harpeth is a tributary of the Harpeth River, which runs near our house. It's really not much more than a creek, unless the weather has been unusually rainy. The kids found a deer skeleton on a band of the river last night and enjoyed poking it with sticks.

The big difference between when I played there and now is that several organizations have banded together to help protect the river's bank from erosion by planting native trees along the banks and letting the plant life there grow wild to shore up the banks. One of those organizations is the Harpeth River Watershed Association, which is dedicated to preserving the ecological health of the Harpeth and its watershed. The HRWA has initiated river-restoration projects like the one I saw last night in several neighborhoods around me. It also partners with private and government organizations to encourage prudent land use and development around the waterways.

June 12: Harpeth River Watershed Association

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