Watershed’s Spring is filled with exciting programs and projects! Read our newsletter belowto see how we’re working with our community to support local drinking water resources this season. Visit the link: WatershedSpring23
May Monthly Meeting Recap: Our 2023 May Monthly Meeting was held on the 5th at 7:30 a.m. at the Watershed Center Denise Henderson Vaughn, science writer and award-winning journalist, presented on Karst education in the Ozarks: teachers, documentaries, maps, and field trips. She discussed the history of Ozarks karst, its controversies, and the importance of community …
Watershed Natives has an exciting new development underway! Our new Southside Watershed Natives facility is located near the City Utilities John Twitty Power Station and the City of Springfield South Yardwaste Recycling Center. The project has been made possible through a Cooperative Agreement with the Missouri Department of Conservation, and we are leasing the property from the City of Springfield. …
Introducing Plants and Pints, our native plant sale series! We will not be selling directly from the nursery this season, but catch us at one of the events listed below: Saturday, April 22nd Wire Road Brewing 10-2 pm: Enjoy a pint while shopping through native plants and enjoy Wire Road’s beer garden. Saturday, April 29th GrowNative! …
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Southeast Springfield Rotary Club visited Watershed Natives for Grant Review Luncheon Huge thanks to the Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast for visiting our educational greenhouse last week and interacting with students involved in our pathways project that gave testimonials! Members got to see the benefits of their recent grant funding initiative in action. Their recent …
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April Monthly Meeting Recap: Our 2023 April Monthly Meeting was held at 7:30 a.m. at the Watershed Center. James McCarty, PhD., P.E., Environmental Quality Manager with Beaver Water District, presented on the Source Water Protection efforts in Northwest Arkansas. Mr. McCarty introduced the Beaver Water District as the water wholesaler for Bentonville, Fayetteville, and Rogers, …
March Monthly Meeting Recap: Our 2023 March Monthly Meeting was held at 7:30 a.m. at the Watershed Center. Ashley Krug, Market Development & Sustainability Coordinator at the City of Springfield, and Saki Urushidani, Engineer at the City of Springfield, presented on Using Non-Traditional Community Outreach to Understand Springfieldians’ Relationships to Water. Saki and Ashley are …
Have you Tested Your Well Recently? Why Test My Well? Testing your well is important, simple, and inexpensive. Most local groundwater comes from rain that has fallen nearby, within a few miles or closer. Sinkholes and fractures often allow surface water to mix with groundwater with little or no filtration. The sources of pollution that …
Karst Topography and Groundwater History of Karst in the Ozarks Karst topography dominated the Ozarks long before humans arrived, and our ways of building on the land don’t work the same here as in other areas. In places with deep topsoil, rainwater is filtered nicely as it trickles through, making clean groundwater. But here, the …
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