Tennessee Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council
4511 US Hwy. 31, South --- Decatur, Alabama 35603
(256) 353-6632 --- Fax (256) 355-8285
Project Under Contract
#381 Boaz Elementary Environmental Education
- Establishes an Environmental Education Area featuring wetlands and watershed concepts
- Funded by Tennessee Valley RC&D Council and RC&D State Funds
- Completion date September 1998
#383 Portable Compost Screener / Bagger
- Provides compost processing equipment for poultry farmers which allows them to find off farm markets for finished compost
- Funded by ADEM, Tennessee Valley RC&D and poultry Farmers
- Completion date June 3, 2001
#402 Homeowners Yard and Garden Demonstration / Composting Field Day
- Provides homeowners in north Alabama with training on fertilization, planting and composting provides an urban composting field day.
- Funded by ADEM-319 and the Huntsville Botanical Gardens
- Completion date December 30, 1999
#384 Paintrock River Environmental Study Area
- Provides environmental demonstrations sites.
- Funded by ADEM-319
- Completion date October, 1999
#309 Urban Wetland Construction (pic)
- Established pocket wetland to treat an urban stream in downtown Hartselle, Monitoring in Progress.
- Funded by ADEM-319 Funds
- Completion date Sept 1999
#356 Veterans Park - Alternative On-Site Sewage
- Provided the latest innovations to install a reciprocating wetland on-site sewage treatment system.
- Funded by Legacy Inc., Lawrence County commission, TVA, Mid-South Testing, Alabama State RC&D Funds, Stalite Corporation and NRCS plant materials center.
- Completion date October 1999
#335 Dead Bird Fermenter
- Provides an alternative method of disposing of poultry mortalities
- Funded by ADEM-319 Funds, Peterson Farms and Auburn University
- Completion date October 1999
#384 Paintrock River Environmental Education Brochure and Maps
- Provides Maps and Brochure for the Paintrock River Initiative
- Funded by ADEM-319
- Completion date October 1999
#393 W.H.I.N.G.S
- Converts rights-of-ways to productive wildlife habitat
- Funded by Joe Wheeler Electric and participating landowners
- Completion date October 2001