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Gina Hancock
2021 21st Ave. South, Suite C-400 Nashville, TN 37212 (615) 383-9909 ghancock@tnc.org

Press Release

Date: 11/14/01

Columbia – The Nature Conservancy’s Duck River Project has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to restore Big Rock Creek in Marshall County. The four-year project targets a stream important to the community of Lewisburg as well as to the Duck River, one of the most biologically rich rivers in the United States.

"Initially, we will be working with the city to address some stormwater issues as well as conducting an overall assessment of the Big Rock Creek watershed," said Leslie Colley, project manager for The Nature Conservancy’s Duck River office in Columbia.

The grant is part of the state’s Nonpoint Source Program, which is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency’s 319 monies for nonpoint source pollution abatement. The funding is administered by the state and is used to restore impaired streams that are not meeting such designated activities as fishing and swimming.

According to Colley, the creek is home to six mussel species. Beginning on the ridge that divides the watersheds of the Duck and Elk rivers, Big Rock Creek flows north through Marshall County until it reaches the Duck River just upstream of Lillards Mill, site of the richest mussel shoal in the river system. The creek is a large tributary to the Duck River and has been impacted by a number of land uses along its banks including agriculture, development and stormwater run-off.

The City of Lewisburg has received federal funding to establish a greenway along Big Rock Creek. As part of the overall project, The Nature Conservancy will also work with local officials on the greenway design and implementation.