White Oak Creek Erosion Project

The Joplin Globe reported that the Jasper County (MO) Commissioners agreed to seek state approval for a project that would stabilize the stream bank at a bridge over White Oak Creek. The article, Panel Moves to Save Soil, reports that "the county is working on four potential projects with representatives of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A report on the problem will be submitted to the state, which allocates federal funds for the work, said Derek Ball of the NRCS office in Carthage. 'There is severe erosion both upstream and downstream of the bridge where the bank is giving way because of the 100-year flood events we’ve had in the last several years,' Ball said. The county also is looking at potential projects on County Road 118 near Morrow Mill, on Pine Road near County Road 160 and on County Road 110 south of Blackberry Road. The project near Morrow Mill is the largest of the four and also will involve the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."