Monthly Meeting

May Monthly Meeting- Cancelled

Due to continued power outages at the Watershed Center, our May Monthly Meeting is cancelled. Why Ozark streams are changing and how streambank stabilization can help: Marc Owen and Todd Wagner Marc Owen is the Director of the Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute at Missouri State University and Todd Wagner, PE, MSCE, MBA, CFM, …

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April Meeting – Ozarks Chinquapin: seeds of hope

April Monthly Meeting Join us on Friday, April 4, at the Watershed Center at 7:30 a.m. for our Monthly Meeting. “Ozarks Chinquapin: seeds of hope”, Tim Smith, Missouri Department of Conservation, Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center, Joplin, MO Tim graduated from Missouri State University (at the time Southwest Missouri State University) with a bachelor’s degree …

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March Meeting – Millsap Farm

March Monthly Meeting Join us on Friday, March 7th, at the Watershed Center at 7:30 a.m. for our Monthly Meeting. Join us on Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Watershed Center at 7:30 a.m. for our Monthly Meeting.Curtis Millsap, owner of Millsap Farm will present “A Land Ethic for Water: Stories from the Fields of …

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February Meeting – Updates from the City of Springfield

February Monthly Meeting Join us on Friday, February 7th, at the Watershed Center at 7:30 a.m. for our Monthly Meeting. The City of Springfield is embarking on some landmark projects including Renew Jordan Creek, The RAISE Grant, and code review as a follow up to the Forward SGF Community Comprehensive Plan. Our City colleagues Carrie …

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December Meeting 2024 – “John, Jim, and the James” with Brent Stock

October Monthly Meeting Join us on Friday, December 6th, at the Watershed Center at 7:30 a.m. for our Monthly Meeting. Brent Stock will present: “John, Jim, and the James: Recreation in the Ozarks.” We will explore the history of ecotourism on Ozark streams and learn why recreation is essential for the future of our waterways. Brent, the Executive …

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October Monthly Meeting Recap: Connection and Reflection at Fellows Lake

On a crisp October morning, the Watershed Committee of the Ozarks gathered for their monthly meeting at the picturesque Dock 66 at Fellows Lake. With pancakes served lakeside, attendees shared stories, ideas, and celebrated milestones that reflected the growth and vision of the organization since its early days in 1984.

February Monthly Meeting Recap

Updates on Lake Springfield, Weather Trends, and more from our 2023 February Monthly Meeting @ the Watershed Center Our February Meeting took place at the Watershed Center on Feb. 3 at 7:30 am. Project engineer Jason Clark discussed the City of Springfield’s ongoing development plan for Lake Springfield. Mr. Clark said that his company, with …

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February Monthly Meeting

Join us on February 3rd at 7:30 a.m. at the Watershed Center for our February Monthly Meeting! Our presenter Jason Clark is a project engineer with Crawford, Murphy, & Tilly, Inc. He has 22 years of experience focused on civil infrastructure design and serves as the Project Engineer for the Lake Springfield Plan Development. He …

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