What's New

 

Creating and Re-Energizing Stream Teams Grant

from REI and Missouri Stream Team Watershed Coalition:

Greenway Network, ST 463 is teaming up with 11 other stream teams to monitor the following streams on Sunday May 6th-

St. Charles County:

Dardenne Creek

Fisher Creek

Femme Osage River

Duckett Creek

Blanchette Creek

Franklin County:

Tavern Creek

St. Louis County:

Wildhorse Creek

Creve Couer Creek

Cow Mire Creek

Coldwater Creek

Mill Creek

and the 

Missouri River from Washington to Columbia Bottom boat ramp.

After the monitoring, lunch will be provided to the volunteers at the Greenway Network office in St. Peters, MO.

If you are a stream team member who hasn't monitored in a while, why not join us and get your feet wet again!

Contact Larry Ruff at 636-734-6330

 

 

Register Now for

Mission: Clean Stream

2012

 

O'Fallon, rain date April 21

Cottleville, Dardenne Prairie, Lake St Louis, Wentville, Cora Island  Rain Date April 28

St Peters, cancelled-check for Fall date

 

St Charles, Check website for final determination. 

 

On Saturday April 14, volunteers from St. Charles County and the communities of Cottleville, Dardenne Prairie, Lake St. Louis, O’Fallon, St. Charles and Wentzville will join with Greenway Network and Missouri River Relief to remove trash from local streams and lakes. Since inception, the event has taken on a whole new meaning, and name.  Mission: Clean Stream started as a joint effort to pick up some litter from publicly accessible creek areas.

 

Today, Mission: Clean Stream has evolved into a challenge, or charge, for many to do some serious damage to the amount of trash in our waterways in a very short amount of time.  Last year, roughly 1,000 volunteers pulled almost 10 tons of trash from Dardenne, Peruque, Belleau, Spencer and Cole Creeks in a little over two hours! 

 

And even better, Greenway Network has gotten creative with the objects volunteers pull from the creeks. The Stream Trash ART (START) project, created by project director Ralph Rollins, salvages metal pulled from the streams and uses it to create new works of eco-art.  Local artists will be working at Quail Ridge Park to create works of art from materials found.  Look for local works to be on display in your community throughout February and March.

 

Families, organizations and individuals can participate by calling the nearest community to register:

 

• Dardenne Prairie 636-755-5308
  • Meet at City Hall
• Cottleville (636) 498-6565 x203
  • Meet at City Hall
• Wentzville/Lake St. Louis  (636) 332-9236
  • Meet at Quail Ridge Park
• O’Fallon  (636) 379-5408
  • Meet at Westhoff Park
• St. Charles (636) 949-3237
  • Meet at Lewis & Clark Boathouse
    
• Missouri River Relief 573-443-0292
  • Meet at Lewis & Clark Boathouse
• Cora Island  (636) 498-0772
  • Meet at Cora Island Parking Area

 

The day will start at 8:30 a.m. with registration at one of the five rendezvous locations listed above.   Everyone is asked to dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes or boots and bring gloves…  Trash is messy!  Transportation is not provided.  Breakfast or lunch will be served depending upon location.  Register early—space is limited. Participants registering by April 1 will receive a free T-shirt. In case of dangerous weather or high water, the event will be rescheduled for April 28^th. 

 

This community-wide event is sponsored by the cities above, Greenway Network, Inc, Missouri Stream Team, Cee Kay Supply, Inc., Missouri American Water, Ducks Unlimited and Wal-Mart.  Additional Support is provided by the St Charles County Department of Health and the Environment and the St Charles County Soil and Water Conservation District.  Financial donations to this worthwhile project are also appreciated for supplies and to defray the cost of tire disposal.  Contributions can be made through Greenway Network at http://greenwaynetwork.org, greenwaynetwork@gmail.com or by calling (636) 498-0772.  Register now and we’ll see you at the creek!

 

 

 

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EPA REPORT-just out:

Missouri: Dardenne Creek

Watershed Planning and On-the-Ground Implementation Improve Water Quality in Creek

Waterbody Improved with Assistance from Greenway Network--Click here for the full story
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Show your support for Stream Team's Missouri-the Great Rivers State License Plate

 

 

Who Are We?
Greenway Network is a grassroots volunteer based organization.  Our mission is to conserve natural resources, encourage sound management of the watersheds and protect the quality of life for the residents of the greater St. Louis area.

What activities were we involved with in 2011?

Mission: Clean Stream marshaled over 1000 volunteers to collect over 25,000 lbs of trash from area St. Charles County streams in April 2nd.

Dardenne Creek Monitoring Day:  monitored 19 Dardenne Creek sites in May and October and sent the water quality data to Missouri Stream Team and World Wide Monitoring Day.

 

Greenway Board members mentored Stream Team members through out the year.

Barat Academy Students assisted in various clean up projects, tree plantings, invasive species plant removal, and site monitoring every Wednesday during the school year.

Greenway Board Members assisted in teaching elementary and middle school students about water quality and monitoring.

Greenway Board Members participated in various Earth Day activities at the GM Plant in Wentzville, in St. Charles and in Forest Park.

 

Received 319 Department of Natural Resources Grant to develop a watershed management plan for Watkins Creek in St. Louis County.

The Race for the Rivers Festival, August 27th brought a crowd to the St. Charles Riverfront to enjoy great music, food, educational booths and Trailnet partnered with us by co-sponsoring the Ride for the Rivers on the Katy Trail.  The actual Canoe/Kayak Race was postponed until October 8^th. You can sign up for next year at www.racefortherivers.org.

Greg Poleski, Greenway board member organized participation in the Great Rivers National Public Lands Day, a nationwide public service day on September 24^th. We planted 2000 native prairie wetland plants and cleaned up trash and removed invasive species around the Cora Island Refuge and Great Rivers Greenways West Alton trail.

River Soundings Speaker Series was held at Forest Park on November 18th & 19th.  Speakers included: Wayne Nelson of US Fish & Wildlife, Tom Bell of US F&W, Steve Schnarr of Missouri River Relief, Rob Koening of the St. Louis Beacon, Judd Knuevean of the US Corps of Engineers, Danny Brown of MDC, Dr. Patricia Hagen, Director Audubon Center of Riverlands, R. Michael Bush author of Riverkeeper, Brad Walker of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Robert Criss PhD, Washington University Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Bill Lambrecht, Washington Bureau Chief of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and Ben Griffin of River Kids.

 

Received a Wal-mart Community Grant and planted several hundred trees, bushes and shrubs to improve the riparian habitat of the stream that flows through Progress park in Wentzville on Decdember 3.

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Congratulations to Karyl Howard on winning the 2011 Quilt Raffle.  Karyl exclaimed on receiving the news: "I am so thrilled--You have made my Christmas!"