Heading to see Billy Strings at the Orion Amphitheater this weekend? Let’s make some noise for something bigger than the music! We’d love to get the community involved! Got some extra gig posters, concert prints, or rock art you’d be willing to donate? Bring your posters or artwork to the Tennessee Riverkeeper table inside the venue at Section 107 at any time this weekend.

Tennessee Riverkeeper, The Orion Amphitheater, and Model Environment removed approximately 1,013 pounds of trash from McDonald Creek and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center on Sunday, October 11, 2026. McDonald Creek is a tributary of the Tennessee River. 

On Sunday, September 27, 2026, Tennessee Riverkeeper, Model Environment, Bryan Animal Clinic and volunteers conducted a litter cleanup along the banks of Wilson Morgan Lake and Clark Spring Branch, a tributary of the Tennessee River in Decatur, Alabama.  

In late 2018 Tennessee Riverkeeper (TRK) ramped up our involvement in the microplastics (mp) clamor. Plastic straws and single use were the hottest of topics in our circles. Earlier that year, the Tennessee River had been labeled as a highly mp-contaminated river, surpassing the Rhine and Yangtze; the latter of which turned out not to be accurate. 

Tennessee Riverkeeper continues to investigate and build cases against a growing number of illegal construction and demolition dumps in Nashville.

According to Doug Martinson, Tennessee Riverkeeper's Board President…

Tires negatively impact water quality. They are frequently discarded in the environment by individuals or companies trying to avoid small tire disposal fees (usually around $5 per tire). Tires have to be shredded at a special facility before going into a landfill, hence the disposal fee.

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