Project Completed June 2015 The Big Urbie Final Reports Big Urbie Final Report: HERE OEWRI South and Fassnight Creek Water Quality Assessment Final Report: HERE OEWRI Detention Basins Final Report: HERE Expanded In April 2013, WCO was awarded an additional $100,000 grant funds which will be matched with $66,667 in matching funds. The award will …
DNR Section 319 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (BIG URBIE) Read More »
Project completed October 2008 The Watershed Committee in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation and with a grant from the Community Foundation constructed fishing piers and a boardwalk trail on the east side of Valley Water Mill Lake. MDC is stocking and managing the fishery. These fishing piers provide recreational and educational opportunities to …
Project Completed November 2009 The Upper Little Sac Watershed Management Plan was initiated to address water quality issues in the watershed, help secure future 319 Grant funding, and to maintain the mission of Watershed Committee of the Ozarks; to improve and protect Springfield and Greene County water supply.This watershed management plan is focused on the …
Drury Water Savers Project completed in 2009 MSU Water Savers Project completed in 2011 Drury University, City Utilities of Springfield, and the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks have teamed up for a multi-step water conservation initiative on the Drury Campus. Through grant funding, the Watershed Committee purchased a large quantity of water conserving devices like …
Project Completed 2011 The Watershed Committee published Dr. Ken Thompson’s “Geology of Greene County” in 1986. The targeted audience was geologists and other professionals who would be conversant with geologic concepts and terminology. There were no photographs and no color illustrations, except the geologic map. The current edition, published by the Watershed Committee in 2011 …
Gargoyle Country: The Inspiring Geology of Springfield & Greene County Read More »
Project Completed Summer 2011 The Leo A. Drey Foundation (LAD) awarded the Watershed Committee a $5,000 grant for the entrance walkway and rain garden at the C.W. Titus Education Facility at the Watershed Center. The walkway will be constructed of recycled or sustainably grown and harvested materials, and the rain garden will provide an attractive …
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded Watershed Committee of the Ozarks and the Missouri State University Bull Shoals Field Station (BSFS) an $11,000 Community Innovation Grant to bring the Leopold Foundation to both the Watershed Center and BSFS to hold a Land Ethic Leaders workshop. The workshop will help participants develop their own land …
2400 East Valley Water Mill Road
Springfield, MO 65803
Phone: (417) 866-1127
Monday-Friday: 8am to 5pm
Saturday-Sunday: Closed
