Group seeks to improve water quality of river

The Cumberland River Compact for the Collins River Watershed will host its Thursday meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at First Methodist Church on Main Street with refreshments at 5:30 p.m.

According to Coordinator Faye Ziegeweid, the purpose of the group is to enhance the water qualify of the Cumberland River and its tributaries, one of which is the Collins, part of which runs through Warren County.

The speaker for the third of the planned six to eight meetings of the local group will be Don Martin of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. He will discuss development within flood plains and give those in attendance information about flood insurance.

For more information or to get on the mailing list for future monthly meetings, you may contact Ziegeweid at 615-469-5962, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.cumberlandrivercompact.org.