Project summary
Posted on january 10, 2009,
Post Oak Creek Watershed Project
Post
Oak Creek is a sub-watershed of Falling Water River located
half in Putnam County and half in White County within the
Hull-York Lakeland RC&D Area. It consists of approximately
8.7 miles of stream channel and drains 16,192 acres of
predominately agricultural land. Most of the agriculture in
this watershed consists of beef operations with the primary
concerns being overgrazed pastures, unrestricted livestock
access to the stream and removal of riparian vegetation.
Resulting water quality testing by TDEC (Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation) in 1998 and 2002
resulted in Post Oak Creek being placed on the 303(d)
impaired list due to agriculture. Several BMPs (Best
Management Practices) have been implemented by agricultural
producers within the watershed utilizing cost-sharing funds
from USDA-NRCS’s EQIP and Tennessee’s Department of
Agriculture’s ARCF (Agriculture Resources Conservation
Fund).