As a part of the 2026 budget, the state is providing $100 million towards seed money for a water pipeline that brings in water from the Cumberland River down towards the Maury County area.

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 ...

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 ...

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