The Maury County Commission approved unanimously a resolution opposing a proposed State bill which would allow landfills near Class II scenic rivers.

A proposed bill that could remove a two-mile boundary between natural rivers and proposed landfills has drawn attention among preservation advocates, including those who have fought for the health ...

It will take hundreds of millions of dollars and several years to get the Duck River — dubbed a scenic treasure by Tennessee ...

Todd sees the landfill protections applied to portions of the Duck River a few years ago to be an abuse of the state's Scenic Rivers Act, which was "never meant to be used like this," he said.

would allow a huge landfill to be built on the banks of the Duck River in Maury County. That proposal would strip away protections for Tennessee scenic rivers, and it would threaten downstream ...