Happy Holidays
From our Watershed family to yours, we wish you the happiest and healthiest of Holidays. The Watershed office will be closed December 25-January1. Valley Water Mill Park will be open, so come on out and enjoy the trails!
2020
KOLR 10 News Story ‘They Planted 400 Trees: This is Why’
KOLR 10 ran a great story of the riparian tree planting along along Wilson Creek. They planted 400 new trees in Springfield. Here’s why.
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Watershed Committee get lease for Fellows Lake Marina
We are so excited! This is a major undertaking but we know we have the staff team, partners, and friends to do it well and further our mission. News-Leader Article: Watershed Committee get lease for Fellows Lake Marina
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Intentional Partnership
On a quarterly basis the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks and James River Basin Partnership (JRBP) convene to discuss the same topic: Partnership. Our missions and geographies are similar, and even overlap. We have found that through open dialogue, planning and focused intention we can help each other more effectively protect the waters we love,
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The Ozark Society Foundation Grant Award
The Watershed Committee of the Ozarks would like to acknowledge The Ozark Society Foundation for awarding the Watershed Natives program a grant of $2,000. The Watershed Natives program was established to meet the growing demand for native plants both residential and restoration efforts. Native plants are integral to soil health, pollinator and wildlife habitat, erosion
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WCO is Hiring a Watershed Natives Nursery Manager
The Watershed Committee is hiring a Watershed Natives Nursery Manager. This is a part-time, term position. The Watershed Natives program was established to meet the growing demand for native plants in bothrestoration efforts and the retail market. The initial grant funding will provide for the installation of a hoophouse and other infrastructure on the Ozark Empire
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Summer Newsletter
Friends,We hope you enjoy our summer newsletter! We promise the pages are filled with interesting stories and pictures of our recent work to keep your water clean and build community in the process. You might even see your name in this issue…Mike
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Living Waters: The Springs of Missouri
Living Waters: The Springs of Missouri, written by Loring Bullard, is a collaborative publishing effort between the Ozark Studies Institute and the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks. This book explores the rich variety of Missouri springs, placing them in the state’s patterns of settlement and development. From the founding of towns — including Springfield, MO — to
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Fall Native Plant Sale
Our Native Plant Store is open for the fall plant sale!You can schedule a time to pick up when you order or pick up at the Watershed Center 11 am-1:30 pm on Saturday, September 26.https://watershedcommittee.org/store/
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Watershed Conservation Corps Completes 3 Month Project
Watershed Conservation Corps completes three month project at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield to restore and protect the park’s natural and cultural resources. The glade restoration project at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield this summer has been, hands down, the most difficult work we have ever done. Despite this, our Watershed Conservation Corps (WCC) crew (Hannah Stinnett,
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