Shoal Creek Water Festival

Bev Longnecker demonstrating the groundwater flow model at the ERWIA booth during the Shoal Creek Water Festival

Joplin, MO --The 2nd Annual Shoal Creek Water Festival sponsored by the Wildcat Glades Audubon Center was a huge success. An estimated 800-900 people attended this water awareness festival, enjoying the beautiful day and all the water-related booths and activities.

Bev promoted the Elk River Watershed Improvement Association by setting up a booth with displays and handouts. She also demonstrated the groundwater flow model which is a great learning tool for people to see how water flows through the ground and how easy it could be to pollute the water.

Some of the other festival activities included a Stream Team litter pick-up before the events started, a rubber duck race, a variety of booths including master naturalists, rain barrels, and fly fishing, Stream Team water quality monitoring collecting macros, and new this year- the cardboard boat race.

This was a big hit which I'm sure will continue to grow the festival bigger every year (our family is even planning on having an entry next year!)