Spring River Watershed Partnership

A group of 15 concerned citizens met in Carthage (Jasper Co.) MO, October 14, 2008, for what was referred to as an "organizational meeting of the Spring River Watershed Partnership". Those individuals making a presentation to the group included Jasper County Commissioner Jim Honey; Environmental Task Force of Jasper and Newton Counties, President, Bob Nichols; Tony Moehr, Jasper County Health Department; Dan Downing, Water Quality Associate, Water Quality Program, University of Missouri Extension; Carl Hayes, Spring River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (Kansas); and Drew Holt, Elk River Watershed Group.

Commissioner Honey explained that the purpose of the group was to form a committee that would undertake to develop a watershed plan and then carry out the implementation of the plan. The Spring River Watershed Partnership will operate within the Environmental Task Force of Jasper and Newton Counties organizational structure. The next planning meeting will be in December 2008.