You Can Protect Your Waterways 

How To Be A Watershed Citizen

We created the Citizen Action Guide in order to give Tennesseans the resources and information needed to protect and improve the waterways in their communities. Through the guide you will learn how to assess the health of the waterway and how to protect and restore the waterway. Protection of our rivers, lakes, and streams begin in our backyards, farms and cities. 

• Action Guide Intro and Table of Contents
• Action Guide for Watershed Assessment and Restoration
• Appendix 1 – Watershed Science and Mapping
• Appendix 2 – Stream Assessment Final
• Appendix 3 – Guide to Restoration Activities Final
• Appendix 3.1 Tennessee Cedar Revetments
• Appendix 3.2 – Guidance for Riparian Buffer plantings TDOF 2014
• Appendix 3.3 Combined Rain Garden Workshop Guide
• Appendix 4 – Guidance for Educators Final 
• Appendix 5 – Permits and Reporting Environmental Violations (TDEC) Final
• Appendix 6 – Watershed Restoration Plan Guidance Final
• Appendix 7 CWA overview Final
• Appendix 8 – Glossary Final