“Leave it to Beaver” Day!
Noah Lamb and Nathan Cox!
ONE OF TWO EVENTS THIS YEAR!
Work day at Militia Hill!
Samantha Campbell and Anna Braden!
DUTCH VALLEY SCHOOL SCIENCE DAY!
"These leaves won't rake themselves."
to take a break from the work.
whose friends call him "Big Smoke"
FREE OFFER TO TEACH YOUR CLASSES!!
ANOTHER SMART COAL CREEK KID!!
graders are eligible to win!!
WANT TO TOUR A COLLEGE CAMPUS AND GET A FREE T-SHIRT!?
of a college campus with the university president as your host?!
Dr. Nancy Moody of Tusculum College has made such an offer.
at (865) 584-0344 or cmoore@schnabel-eng.com.
VIEW PREVIOUS COAL CREEK SPRING CLEANING DAYS!
education curriculum for 5th, 8th, and 11th graders in Tennessee!
RESULTS!! Clairfield School -- Claiborne County, TN -- AND Dutch Valley School -- Anderson County, TN -- COAL CREEK HISTORY LESSONS!
Anderson County High School: We made a presentation to ACHS teachers to assist them in teaching Coal Creek history to 11th graders according to the new state standards as shown at http://www.coalcreekaml.com/TeachersACHS090215.htm.
Lake City Middle School: Thursday, September 17th -- RESULTS of teaching Coal Creek history to 8th graders at Lake City Middle School.
Norwood Elementary School: Thursday October 22nd -- Petros-Joyner School -- Friday, October 23rd -- 1:00 p.m.: History presentation scheduled for the 5th through 8th grade students. RESULTS!!!
and CCWF volunteers announced below!
Great crowd for our work day on Saturday, October 10th at Briceville Church to do clean-up and general maintenance.
Students of all ages got a taste of Coal Creek history on 18 October 2014, as described at http://www.coalcreekaml.com/MountainMayhemTour.htm. History Bill Carey brought his family, while Mark Davidson brought his “Mountain Mayhem” class from Pellissippi State Community College. They were joined by six Coal Creek Scholars and former Briceville student, Jeanie Robinson Ahrens, who is writing a book about Briceville.
All these students are eligible for our Coal Creek Scholarships over the next four years!
VIEW THE PlanET study for the Musuem!
SEE RESULTS of our Annual Arbor Day Tree Planting Event with Lake City (Coal Creek - Anderson County) Middle School and Wynn-Habersham School (Campbell County) Students on a coal mining site.
VIDEO OF Welshman Eirug Davies' LECTURE!!
an hour, can be accessed by clicking here.
A total of eighteen historic markers are now installed in the watershed to mark the rich Coal Creek mining history. You can view them on a drive through the area as shown on the Brochure of Coal Creek history HERE.
cleaned in honor of the miners!
Annual Coal Creek History & Ecology Field trip with students!
Jesse James and Coal Creek?
In honor of the anniversary, visit the new web site created by Bailey Francis.
"You have the possibility of making a million dollars more over your career if you get a college degree!" said Barry Thacker to the Briceville 4th and 5th graders to begin Coal Creek Scholars Day.
Our fifth bank stabilization project is underway in Fraterville. Tree planting on the site is next and we will need volunteers. Click here to view the photos of the Fraterville project.
We continue our ongoing efforts to preserve and protect Coal Creek's historic Briceville Church built in 1888 by Welsh immigrant coal miners. See the latest results of the restoration efforts. If you are interested in helping with this effort, contact Carol Moore at 865-584-0344 or clmoore@geoe.com. Labor, materials, and monetary contributions are welcomed and needed!
VIEW RESULTS OF COAL CREEK HEALTH DAY 2009!
Click here for photos, results and news story!
Are you related to the Coal Creek miners who were in the disasters?
and contact us at clmoore@geoe.com.
Discover the rich coal mining history through the trilogy of events that took place in Coal Creek that made impacts around the world.
Welcome to the online home of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, Inc. (CCWF), a non-profit organization with a mission to improve the quality of life in the Coal Creek watershed. We are working as volunteers with government agencies and other partners to effect change by combining the intellectual resources of our engineers/scientists in East Tennessee with the common sense of the residents from the Coal Creek watershed.
Coal Creek Deadwood Removal Day 2000 on Saturday, June 24, 2000, brought out 137 volunteers to remove deadwood from bridge piers and thereby reduce flooding impacts.
We are in the process of developing the Coal Creek Motor Discovery Trail to enable others to experience the unique history of the scenic Coal Creek watershed.
On August 22, 2000, Congressman Zach Wamp, Anderson County Executive Rex Lynch, TN State Rep. William Baird, Commissioner Albert Slusher, Commissioner Jerry Creasey, and 250 students and volunteers participated in Coal Creek Discovery Day 2000 at Briceville Elementary School.
Barry Thacker, P.E. of CCWF, represented the 13-state Eastern Coal Region at the National Watershed Forum, as part of the EPA's Clean Water Action Plan. He was also named the Tennessee Conservation League's Water Conservationist of the Year.
People are interested in Coal Creek as evidenced by the 10,000 visits per week to this web site. If you want to join us, we could use your help. There are no monetary dues or membership fees. Instead, you must share our mission to improve the quality of life in the Coal Creek watershed and volunteer your time to our initiative.
Additional historical information on the Fraterville Mine Disaster of 1902 can be found on the web site of Carl Fritts at http://olecarl.com/FMD.html.