Ross Miller, Streams Coordinator of the Cumberland River Compact presented a discussion of the Metro Adopt-A-Stream program.

The Metro Adopt-A-Stream program started in 2007 with the goal of engaging volunteers in stewardship work that improves the water quality of our streams and rivers.

Since then, many local businesses, civic groups, watershed associations, churches, schools, scouts, and others have adopted waterways. These groups have engaged hundreds of volunteers, while removing thousands of pounds of trash, planting hundreds of trees, and educating the larger community about the importance of this work and the health of our waterways. The Metro Adopt-A-Stream program has been so successful, that the Cumberland River Compact now offers Adopt-A-Stream to groups across the entire Cumberland River Basin.

This June 2nd Rock Harbor Cumberland cleanup is typical of volunteer activities by the Cumberland River Compact.

Photo courtesy of Michael Magnin

Ross Miller joined the Cumberland River Compact as an AmeriCorps service member in January 2019 as the Streams Coordinator. He is currently assisting on the Adopt-A-Streams Program with Compact as well as working on the Compact’s rain garden program, and assisting the Sumner County Resilience Program. Ross is a graduate of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, receiving a B.A in Anthropology with an emphasis on Economics.