Sope School Discovery CorpsStudents in McDonald County School District are participating in a new educational program called Sope School Discovery Corps. The word “Sope” is a combination of success and hope, which are the program’s cornerstone values. Currently, eighth grade students from the district’s junior high schools are eligible to enroll in the program. One …
‘Learning About Careers in Conservation, Sustaining Habitats for Generations ‘ For the second year in a row, we were honored to host students and teachers from the collaborative program, “Careers in Conservation”. On this particularly warm November day, students had the opportunity to gain insight from our staff about their respective paths into the field of …
Thanks so much to AmWINS Group, Inc. for helping us celebrate Water Wednesday this week! Today’s project was all about preventing erosion along our trails, so these nine ROCK STAR volunteers spent their afternoon covering a portion of the savanna trail with mulch. It was most definitely a tough project on a hot day, but …
For this week’s Water Wednesday, please join us in congratulating Jessica Todd for being the July Volunteer of the Month! Jessica started volunteering with WCO this summer, and is a great new addition to our team. She’s helped out on projects ranging from invasive species management all the way to helping lead field trips, but …
This Water Wednesday we would like to welcome these two impressive women to our WCO team: Kelly Owens, Watershed Center Asst. Coordinator and Allison Terry, Watershed Center Fellowship Intern.Kelly joined the Watershed Committee in June of 2019. As a Southwest Missouri native, she’s grown up around our waterways and developed a love for the outdoors …
KOLR 10 covered the Springfield Greene County Health Department and Watershed Committee’s Summer Stream Testing program. Click on link below–https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/summer-stream-testing-begins-in-greene-county/2032305791
Spring rain events can impact local streams and cause flooding. We are fortunate there is a variety of resources that provide information on flow data and flooding of our local streams. The USGS provides current and historical streamflow data. Daily streamflow conditions for streams in Missouri can be found here: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/rt At the Watershed Center …
Water Wednesday: MDC honors Watershed Committee of the Ozarks with the Forestry Division’s ‘Outstanding Partner of the Year’ award.We are proud to be partners with the Missouri Dept. of Conservation for the health of water and land, and we appreciate their recent recognition of our partnership and progress.View the entire story HERE
One frequent comment we get here at the park is “Why are you cutting down the trees? I thought you were supposed to protect nature.” The answer is cutting trees and protecting nature are not mutually exclusive. In fact, we are basically working to protect nature by cutting down trees along with performing other management …
Water Wednesday ‘Pardon our Mess or Why are we Cutting Trees Down’? Read More »
A recent campaign by the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP) serves as a reminder about the problems imposed by invasive species throughout the state. As of December 3rd, MOIP is inviting private and public property owners to pledge to stop the spread of invasive plants. By taking the MoIP Pledge to Stop the Spread …
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