Monday, June 24, 2013

Spring River Proud Watershed Exhibit


Rain Barrel Demonstration
Southwest Ozarks Stream Team Association,  Jasper County Health Department,  Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation, La Russell Stream Team #2945, City of Carthage, City of Joplin and the Missouri Southern State University Environmental Club, all came together to demonstrate Best Management Practices in the Spring River Watershed, on April 8th, for the Annual Kellogg Lake Kid's Fishing Day educational exhibits.




What is a Watershed activity
 The Water Festival  focused on Nonpoint Source Pollution, emphasizing the character of a watershed, the water cycle, the serious affects of polluting carried out by human activities, without any regard for consequences to the watershed and positive solutions for watershed health. The first three stations demonstrated the interaction of the watershed and the water cycle, the impact of the potential pollution sources and a personalized watershed address for each festival participant. Stations 4 and 5 focused on positive water management solutions.

 
Rain Garden demonstration
Volunteers helped in all five separate educational exhibit stations: (1) The Interaction of the Water Cycle and Watershed.  (2)  My Watershed Address. (3) What are some Non-Point Polution Solutions that you can do in the Watershed. (4) What are Rain Barrels and (5) What are Rain Gardens.






Spring River Proud of our Watershed
The Spring River Proud of our Watershed exhibit was one of the educational exhibits at the 12th Annual Kellogg Lake Kid's Fishing Day in Carthage, MO. The Carthage Press reported that Kellogg Lake Park was expecting 2000 people on April 8, 2013 for the event.

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