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CELEBRATING OUR 21st YEAR!!
According to Tom Braden, Principal at Briceville Elementary School, "Discovery Day on August 22, 2000 was the most excitement in Briceville since the 1911 Cross Mountain Mine Disaster." Based on the enthusiasm of the students, agency representatives observed that "we met a new generation of future ecologists and conservationists today." Channel 10 News (Live at Five) reported that "students at Briceville Elementary School got their feet wet in Coal Creek today learning about their environment and that whatever we do on the land affects what goes on in the creek." Congressman Zach Wamp observed that "the health of Coal Creek is a barometer of the quality of life for those who live in the watershed."
Here are some of the things we discovered....!!!
Fly tying and engineering magic activities by the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited (CRC-TU) and the UT Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (UT/ASCE) |
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Fly tying | Fly casting | |
Anderson County Litter Control exhibit provided by a grant from TDOT |
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Electric shocking of fish by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and Briceville students |
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Coal Creek History Exhibit |
Identification of aquatic insects collected during the bug hunts |
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Water quality sampling and testing demonstration by Coal Creek Watershed Foundation (CCWF) and CRC-TU volunteers |
Glamour shot of the new generation of ecologists and
conservationists from |
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Bug hunts by Briceville students with Congressman Zach Wamp and Bob Fowler from the Knoxville News Sentinel |
Enviroscape watershed model and fish recovered from Coal Creek demonstration by TVA and TDEC with Congressman Wamp and students. |
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Presentation of a U.S. flag by Congressman Wamp and a Tennessee State Flag by State Rep. William Baird to the Boy Scout Color Guard |
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Flag raising ceremony by Boy Scout Color Guard with assistance from Congressman Wamp and State Rep. Baird |
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Presentation of a coal miners quilt by the church ladies to Congressman Wamp (they can sew as good as they can sing) |
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Presentation of the book "Let Me Tell You About Coal Creek -- The History of Its Black Citizens" to Congressman Wamp by its author, Laura Wilson Locke Gary. See their web page |
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Congressman Zach Wamp, County Executive Rex Lynch, and Project Impact Coordinator Mark (Hollywood) Whaley during field trip to an abandoned deep mine discharge site. State Rep. William Baird and representatives of OSM, TDEC, NRCS, TVA, Corps of Engineers, CRC-TU, ASCE, and CCWF participated in the tour. We discussed how full appropriation of the abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation fund by Congress can abate environmental problems like this. We also discussed how re-mining in accordance with the strict environmental standards of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 can abate environmental problems at other AML sites in the watershed. | ||
Another typical day in Coal Creek...
[Home]
[SCHOLARSHIPS]
[RESTORING THE GREAT AMERICAN CHESNUTS]
[Master
Plan] [Map] [Photo
Gallery]
[Bank Stabilization Projects]
[Deadwood Removal Days] [Discovery Day 2000] [Scrape,
Paint
& Clean Day 2000]
[Historic Fraterville Mine Disaster Field Trip
2001] [Fraterville Mine Disaster 100th
Anniversary]
[Coal Creek War and Mining Disasters] [Mine
Reclamation Lessons]
[CMD] [Economic Benefits]
[Motor Discovery Trail] [Historic
Cemeteries]
[Partners] [Schools in Watershed]
[Mark the Trail Day]
[Awards]
[Coal Creek Health Days]
[Briceville School History Field
Trips] [Ghost Stories]
[Trout Stuff] [Join
Us] [Eastern
Coal Region Roundtable]
[Articles in the News] [Dream Contest]
Copyright© Coal
Creek Watershed Foundation, Inc. 2000 through 2021
CELEBRATING OUR 21st YEAR!!