The articles on this site were written by the late Tom Bennett, a then retired newsman and Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition member and volunteer. Tom lived with wife, Lorraine Bennett in the Martins Creek Community near Murphy, N.C. Tom was completely dedicated to improving and protecting the quality of rivers, lakes, streams and mountains in the Hiwassee River watershed.
The wilderness must be saved for all to see
Horace Kephart said, “Man is ennobled by the pioneer experience and by an engagement with the wilderness.” Camping in the woods was very, very big with him.
Scott Pruitt’s watershed moment
What critics term Scott Pruitt’s brazen acts of extravagance as 14th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are what sparked multiple investigations, according to the river of Internet coverage.
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of HRWC
The county commission chairmen signed a memorandum of agreement June 6, 1994. They agreed to “unite efforts to improve water quality by forming the Upper Hiawassee Watershed Water Quality Coalition.
Clean Water Rule closes loopholes and clarifies the scope of the Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Rule signed in Washington, D.C. May 27th by top officials for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency “closes loopholes that historically allowed polluters to dump waste into the streams and wetlands that feed our drinking water supply.”
Western N.C. targeted for study of fracking feasibility and then the DENR relents
The list includes a rare mention of a site identified only as a precambrian rift basin in western N.C. The location was not specified.
The NC General Assembly reduces DENR’s ranks, but can’t staunch the agency’s zeal
Here in the far west along the Hiwassee River, a fourth cycle of five-year basin-wide water planning is complete, and this revealing document outlines the work so sorely needed.
Options that would swing well to the north and south are “gone” from Corridor K planning
Jeff Koontz isn’t saying how many tunnels and bridges he is likely to recommend in the next environmental impact study for the construction of four lanes of traffic through or around the Ocoee River gorge.
Holman Water Quality Stewardship Award banquet is set for March 4, 2011
They are the river’s quiet champions. And recognizing one a year is the reason for the Holman Water Quality Stewardship Award.
Possible routes for Corridor K ‘look like lines of spaghetti’
The possible routes for Corridor K ‘look like lines of spaghetti,’ and as granite slides, so does incontrovertible fact despite TDOT workers’ best efforts.