Partner(s): The Nature Conservancy Natural Resources Conservation Service Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency US Fish & Wildlife Service

Allen Dairy Project - Lewisburg, Tennessee

Description of Site:

• The 1,200 acre property borders the Duck River for 5.5 miles
• City of Lewisburg's water supply intake is adjacent to the farm

Problem:

• Aging waste system on the farm in the form of four mature pits in various stages of failure. The worst of the four is less than 500' from the river.

Strategy:

• Replace the waste system and implement other BMPs on the farm. High cost of approximately $300,000 to $400,000,

  

  The shoals at Lillard's Mill in the Duck River.

  roughly half covered by the Farm Bill's Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP).
• Partner agencies such as the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servie, and TWRA are contriburing as well.
• The Allens are meeting their required 25% match obligation by donating a conservation easement on a 300' wide, 5.5 mile long bugger along the Duck River, providing permanent protection for this critical stretch of river.

This innovative approach to accomplishing good conservation

Rubber liner is installed in the new

waste lagoon.

and providing assistance to a productive farming family is a great example of successful collaboration.

Related Resources & Documents

• Allendairyfinal.pdf
• Conserving the Duck River: A Plan for Collaborative Action