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Upper Duck River WatershedUpdated 10/15/2005 Description of WatershedThe Upper Duck River Watershed is located in Middle Tennessee, south of Nashville. It is made up of cropland, pasture, hayland, and forestland. Seventy-two percent of the watershed is cropland and pastureland. Croplands consist of cotton, corn, soybeans, hay, grain sorghum, nursery crops, and wheat. There are approximately 3745 farms in the watershed. Conservation practices used on cropland include terraces, grade control structures, waterways, diversions, contour farming, field borders, crop rotation, water and sediment control basins, conservation tillage, winter cover crops, and cropland conversion to permanent vegetation. The Upper Duck Watershed has a growing poultry industry in Bedford County, as well as a developing nursery industry in Coffee County. The Maury County portion of the Upper Duck is a rapidly developing urban area, and has been designated a Scenic River. The watershed is home to 22 aquatic threatened and endangered species listed (either State or Federal).
Map of Upper Duck River Watershed
Counties in Watershed
Documents and Information About Conservation Security Program (CSP) Benefits Coming soon!Program Contacts – Tennessee
John Rissler, CSP Program Manager
Jeff Sanders, State Resource Conservationist Service Center Contact Information
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