hull-york lakeland

Hull-York Lakeland Resource Conservation and Development Council is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that provides coordinated resource conservation and rural development assistance throughout rural America.  For more than 40 years the Hull-York Lakeland RC & D Council has worked in the upper Cumberland area  of middle Tennessee to put projects on the ground that help the environment, promote local tourism, and help provide educational opportunities.

 

This is done by partnering with communities, local governments, and grass-roots organizations to develop and implement solutions to widespread problems and to develop opportunities that will help sustain rural communities, local economies, and natural resources.  The Hull-York Lakeland RC & D Council works to sustain our quality of life and to work cooperatively to successfully address economic, environmental, and social issues.

Recent highlights of the Hull-York Lakeland RC & D Council include the following:

 

• Upper Cumberland Quilt Trail - The Upper Cumberland Quilt Trail highlights the quilt treasures of the region with a mission of “Preserving the art and heritage of quilting and related arts and honoring all those in the past and present who have been and are involved in this art form”.
• York Institute Baseball Field - This project consisted of the completion of a baseball field to be used with the one other sole baseball field in the county.  Local, matching funds were combined with funds from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund (sponsored by Major League Baseball and Major League Baseball Players Association).   
• 2008 Envirothon - The Envirothon is an environemtal competition held for high school students.  The winning team of the Hull-York Lakeland regional competition also won  the 2008 Tennessee Envirothon .
• Post Oak Creek  - This project has consisted of the assessment of the water quality of the Post Oak Creek watershed and the eventual implementation of Best Management Practices within the watershed to improve water quality.