Tennessee Clean Water Network held their fourth annual Bill Russell River Hero Award ceremony on Friday, October 26th, 2007, honoring Wilma Dykeman’s legacy. The River Hero award is presented annually to an individual who strives to claim our right to clean water and healthy communities.
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Event recap
The 2007 Bill Russell River Hero Award ceremony was held in on October 26th, 2007.
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About the award
Learn more about the Bill Russell River Hero Award
2007 Award recipient:
Wilma Dykeman
Wilma Dykeman lived all her life near the French Broad River in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Born in Asheville in 1920, she was the only child of a mother whose people had lived in the North Carolina mountains since the eighteenth century… More information…
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Past recipients
2006: Frank Hensley
2005: Chester McConnell
2004: Dr. David A. Etnier