The reservation deadline for the River Life license plate has been extended to June 2024.
The tag will go to funding first responders, public safety partners, and search and rescue crews on the …
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The reservation deadline for the River Life license plate has been extended to June 2024.
The tag will go to funding first responders, public safety partners, and search and rescue crews on the Duck River. This project, which was coordinated through the Shelbyville-Bedford Community Foundation, is designed to increase public safety and education on the Duck River. The tag is $35 to reserve, which will go to buying equipment and markings for the river.
The plate must receive 1,000 pre-orders by June 2024 in order for the state to begin production.
The design of the plate by created by Shelbyville Central High School student Alejandro Contreras Cabrera, who won a school-wide competition last year. For his design, Cabrera used a mallard, a bass, and the bow of a kayak. The mallard and the bass are the Duck River’s most common species, and the bow of the kayak its recreational opportunities.
The vitality of the Duck River has often been overlooked through the years, according to Shelbyville Bedford Partnership Beth Davis, who has helped to coordinate this project. Through this new license plate, the hope is to provide the opportunity to preserve the Duck for years to come.
To reserve one of these license plates, visit https://business.shelbyville-bedford.com/river-life.
Quick facts about the Duck River:
Some 300,000 people depend on the Duck River watershed, which stretches through Humphreys, Hickman, Maury, Marshall, Bedford, and Coffee counties. The Normandy Reservoir, a 17-mile lake behind the dam, provides water for people in Manchester, Tullahoma, and areas around them.
Starting in the community of Hoo Doo in Coffee County, it is the only river in Tennessee that remains entirely within the state. It ends in Humphreys County where it meets the Tennessee River.
Though many see the Duck River as “muddy and green,” it is in fact one of the most biologically diverse rivers in the world with more than 650 freshwater species (more than any other inland river in North America), including varieties of fish, mussels, snails, crayfish, frogs and turtles, insects, and algae.
