Since 1997, the Cumberland River Compact and its members have worked to improve the quality of water in the Cumberland River Basin, and in doing so, to improve the quality of life of our basin’s communities. There’s still much to be done, and we intend to do it!
We believe that water quality and a healthy environment are fundamental to sustainable, strong local economies. Since our founding, we’ve worked cooperatively with local, state and federal agencies, farmers, businesses, technical professionals, local o cials, neighborhood groups, and other watershed stakeholders who share this belief. All to ensure clean and abundant water resources that support, life, recreation, and economic well-being throughout the Basin.
There's a reforested mine somewhat near where I live. It's called Saw Wee Kee Park, and sits along the Fox river in Illinois. Aside from the lovely nature trails, it makes a very nice hiking and biking path in an otherwise flat area. Makes a home for all sorts of animals, plants, and fungi; purifies the water table and river; and is overall well worth the effort put into restoring the ~240 acre property.
Very informative video. How can I get in touch with Timothy or the other 2 folks that were in this video. I am very interested in speaking with them, because I am in the process of no till farming
I'm sad that I'm the first commenter a week after you posted. Bioswails are phenomenal, and I hope that Nashville's city planners keep incorporating them. A wonderful addition to your beautiful city.
My uncle found a trilobite fossil in a cave on Cumberland River was studied showed underside it was 13 inches uncle said there was other fossils in cave
what concerns me is, the Ice Age potential sites which conflict with current academia which does not appreciate Pre-Siberian Sources of people habitation. The Ice Age Glacial Run-offs had a great ability to wash away Pre-Tribal Native evidence of habitation. How do you deal with finding potentially contradictory evidence of habitation that does not fit the current academia mold of "out of Siberia" tribal peoples. First Nations Land Claims have a huge impact on "who was here first". And what I've seen from Dennis Stanford's research is, not all "out of Siberia" people lived here, and spread out here in North America. so First Nations Land Claims get cloudy about "who did come first". I think Dennis Stanford was trying to pull it all together of peoples habitating North America but he passed away. But what he did find though, questions about whom did come first and his data from the East Coast was that Siberian sources of peoples, did not come first. Their tool making techniques did not match up and dates of tools found in Digs did not match up with Siberian Source peoples. He did say, he was open to linking in these people, but at the time of his death. Stanford hadn't found linkage between Siberian or East Asian sources of people tool making equivalent in technique stone tool making on the East Coast of North America. so how much Ice Age wash water damaged your sample collecting because Randal Carson has clearly shown, the Ice Age Glacial water releases were not trickle feed slow river currents.
One of the most damaging plants on the Cumberland Plateau and Eastern Tennessee is Kudzu... A native of South and East Asia, it was introduced to control soil erosion. Unfortunately like many species introduced into the environment, they often have unintentional consequences. Kudzu is a vine-like plant that over-grows and spreads rapidly, choking out sunlight and nutrients to the plants beneath... eventually killing the native species. It has been called "the plant that ate Tennessee"... for good reason.
Up with our shared history! Down with soap-opera subsidies! Spend the money where it counts, teach our children well! Thanks, Cumberland River Compact, what a fascinating lecture!
It’s crazy how polluted the river is, I’ve walked along many of the shorelines around gallatin and there’s thousands of plastic and glass bottles lining them and occasionally tires to
Hi Jared! Here is Annie's response to your questions. “It was mentioned to observe the habitat before collecting the macroinvertebrates since you would want to initially note the habitats available (bank roots, grassbeds, riffle areas, etc.) and area conditions (erosion, sedimentation, canopy cover, road crossings, etc.) in your reach of assessment as this would help you determine where to do your macroinvertebrate collecting (to make sure you collect critters from the appropriate representative habitats of the reach). You are correct in noting that, after collections/critter field identifications, you would then want to write up an in-depth habitat assessment recording your full observations. We were following an EPA Biorecon protocol to identify macroinvertebrates to family level in the field by an experienced biologist. After each observed taxa was ID’d to family, family voucher specimens were collected and later verified/logged back at the office. This less time consuming screening process allowed us to add new assessments of previously unassessed waters and to more readily update the support status of previously assessed waters. If any support status results from a screening were unclear, another macroinvertebrate collection could be performed using a more in-depth EPA protocol (involving identifying macroinvertebrates to species).”
Well what good does it do anyone when u find it and stuff it away in some cabinet in the basement of a museum or historical society. Never to be seen again, or if it's really there or in someones collection.
👉I've watched "professional archeologist videos." They're usually very boring. 👉I'd rather watch "amateur archaeologist videos," like "arrowhead hunters," because their videos show them in action, finding lost treasures, and then, showing off their finds and collections, too.🗿
