Spring River Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategy Group

The Joplin Globe, Friday, September 19, 2008, reported that The Spring River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) group recently selected as a demonstration project, creating a wetland in Schermerhorn Park, which also is the location of the Southeast Kansas Nature Center. Shoal Creek flows into Spring River just west of Schermerhorn Park. Crystal Eisele, watershed coordinator with Southeast Kansas Resource Conservation and Development, and Carl Hayes, chairman of the Spring River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy group, are involved in the project.

Kansas group, federal agency work to restore Spring River w/ link to Cherokee County Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment The Joplin Globe, August 13, 2008