Urban Riparian Buffer Program
TDF Urban Riparian Buffer Program
TDF Urban Riparian Buffer Program
A Clean Water from Urban Forests Initiative
Grant Partners
Cumberland River Compact, Tennessee Environmental Council Land Trust for Tennessee, Whites Creek Watershed Alliance
Hands on Nashville, Richland Creek Watershed Alliance SoundForest, Harpeth River Watershed Association
Nashville Clean Water Project, Mill Creek Watershed Association Metro Water Services, TDEC Division of Water Resources
Tennessee Stormwater Association, Metro Parks and Greenways UT Water Resources Research Center
TDF Urban Riparian Buffer Program
A Clean Water from Urban Forests Initiative
The TDF Clean Water from Urban Forest initiative was created in response to and is in support of:
2010 TDF Forest Action Plan 2010 Spring Floods of in Nashville 2010 Nashville Tree Canopy Assessment
2010 TDF Forest Action Plan Identified 175 Watersheds Statewide Where 2/3 or More of their Streams Lacked
Adequate Riparian Forest Buffers
Riparian Forest Buffer Establishment Priority Areas
8 Priority Watersheds in Middle Tennessee Were Selected From Those 175 Watersheds Identified Statewide for the
Urban Riparian Buffer Program Results Established Riparian Buffers
• Total Individual Projects – 170 • Total Planting Sites – 50
• Total Trees Planted – 27,706
• Total Feet of Buffer Planted – 30,421 • Total Acres Planted – 23
• Total Seedlings Potted - 5,082 • Total Volunteers – 2,792
Public Outreach and Education
• Presentations to various groups, including:
– TN Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society – TWRA Nature at Noon
– Middle Tennessee Agricultural Club
– TN Stormwater Association Annual Conference – Sumner/Wilson County Stormwater Program – Glen Leven Farm Field Day
– Stones River Watershed Association – David Lipscomb Class
– Hands On Nashville-Youth Summer Camp – TDA Music and Molasses Festival
– Watershed Partnership Meetings
– Tennessee Urban Forestry Council Annual Meeting – Tennessee State Fair
Public Outreach and Education
• Several Publications, including:
Article entitled “Restoring Riparian Buffer: A What Works Snapshot” by the River Network in October 2013
Article entitled “Protecting and Restoring Riparian Buffers” in the September/October 2015 issue of the Tennessee Conservationist Magazine
Tennessee Urban Riparian Handbook-A Practical Guide to Establishing Healthy Streamside Buffers, September 2015
Partnered with the CRC to Re-establish the Mill Creek Watershed Association
Partnered with the TEC on their Annual 50K Tree Day
Partnered with TDEC and MWS on the Annual Nashville Urban Runoff 5K and
Partnered with UT Water Resources Research Center to Develop a Tennessee Urban Riparian Buffer
Partnered with Metro Water Services to Develop a GIS Coverage of TDF-RBP Funded Buffers
Partnered with MWS and Ashworth Environmental Design to Develop a Buffer Educational Sign
How to Purchase Seedlings from TDF Online Nursery
How to Purchase Seedlings from TDF Hard Copy Order Form
Typical Planted Buffer
Volunteers and Media
Before and After Buffer
Before and After Buffer-Google Earth Image Edmondson Pike Library
Before and After Buffer Edmondson Pike Library
Before and After Buffer
Potential Buffer Funding Sources
TAEP Grant Program, Brian Rucker, TDF
• Provide 50/50 matching
grants for various community projects
including: providing energy savings through shading, storm water mitigation, rain interception, and air quality improvement through
filtration and absorption.
• Applications are made
Potential Buffer Funding Sources
Potential Buffer Funding Sources
TDA-319 Grant Program, Sam Marshall, TDA
• Funded with grants provided
by the United States
Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) under section 319(h) of the Clean Water Act.
• Provides 60%, or greater,
matching grants to local governments, interstate agencies, nonprofit
organizations and institutions, colleges and universities, and agencies of state government.
• The deadline for submittal is
Potential Buffer Funding Sources
Nashville Urban Runoff 5K and Water Quality Festival Grants-Jennifer Watson, TNSA
• Two $750 Grants from a
portion of the event
proceeds will be awarded to two projects that involves the
implementation/installation Best Management Practices (BMPs) that will improve runoff within Davidson County.
• Grants are awarded on the
Potential Buffer Funding Sources TWRA Riparian Tree Planting Grants
• Assists cities, schools,
community organizations, civic groups, watershed
organizations, and
conservation groups, etc., with riparian tree planting projects.
• Five grants, at $500 each, are
available for each of TWRA’s four regional Aquatic Habitat Protection projects (a total of $2,500 per region).
• Contact Della Sawyers at
(615) 781-6577
Della.Sawyers@tn.gov
Maness Swamp Refuge (Established 4/19/2002)
One of the TDF Urban Riparian Buffer Programs was recognized with a 2015 Keep Tennessee Beautiful
The TDF Urban Riparian Buffer Program was recognized with the Tennessee Environmental
Potential Source of Seedlings
50K Tree Day, John McFadden, TEC
• 3000+ volunteers • 93 counties • 52,000 tree distributed • 47,000 trees planted • Millions of media impressions
• Save the Date:
– February 27, 2016
– tectn.org
Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!
Contact
Tim R. Phelps
Forestry Communications & Outreach Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry
615-837-5543
