Valentine’s Day was a great day for WaterWays staff and volunteers to “Love Your Creek” by conducting a streambank repair workshop on Read’s Creek tributary in the Mountain Creek watershed! Over 40 volunteer hours were put in on 2/14 to install 30 live stakes and 100 bare root saplings of native riparian or creek-loving plant …
Stream Team employed their skills of observation to discover animal tracks of deer and racoon along their streambank. The students led a discussion about how their on campus stream, Mountain Creek, supports not only aquatic life but also terresterial life. After a lively discussion, students engaged their imagination to learn about complete vs. incomplete metamorphosis …
Red Bank Middle School students are doing a semester long research project based on water quality. Students had the opportunity to learn about stormwater via a stormwater runoff calculaiton, microplastics by counting their presence under a microscope, the urban water cycle with the amazing Bonnie Capley from Hamilton County Water Quality, trash decomposition timelines, and …
Thanks to Mueller Co. we were able to double our stream team impact during the 25/26 school year! We added Bess T. Shepherd and Hardy Elementary to our stream team schedule. Students explored the importance of water quality through games, experiments, and presentations from our partners at Tennessee American Water. Mueller Co. sent volunteers to …
WaterWays hosted another successful streambank repair on February 10th, 2026 along the banks of Stringers Branch. In partnership with the City of Red Bank Public Works and Stormwater Division, WaterWays was able to train public employees and a fabulous volunteer group on the benefits, strategies, and implementation of DIY streambank repair. Since this is the …
Silverdale Baptist Academy 6th grade students were able to determine the water quality of their on campus creek, Firar Branch, by exploring what aquatic macroinvertebrates were present. Each species is categorized into a group based on their pollution tolerance. Students used the biotic index metrics that scientists use in conservation. Students discovered Mayfly Nymphs, Dragonfly …
Our Education Coordinator, Peri Anne, set up the Stroud Water Table and waded into Mountain Creek on Red Bank Elementary’s campus to catch aquatic macroinvertebrates. 4th grade students met Peri Anne in the Outdoor Classroom to learn about our montly Stream Team opportunity that is open to 5th grade students. The students all had a …
On January 17th WaterWays hosted 2026’s first monthly Volunteer Stewardship Opportunity. This stewardship event provided a monthly opportunity for our amazing community volunteers to take part in protecting our natural resources through the Adopt-A-Waterway program and TDEC grant. WaterWays was able to educate several new volunteers on watershed conservation and sustainable invasive species removal. This …
We hope you will join us on Friday, March 27th, for an evening celebrating stewardship of our local watersheds.
