Autumn 2010

Hello!

This past year has been intense. This Fall will be just as intense. With so many clean water projects and opportunities, it's hard to decided which one to attend. Each and every single event is just as active and good as the next.

What's in store for St. Louis this fall is Operation Clean Stream, an annual project of the Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region. It gathers approximately 2,000 volunteers every fourth Saturday in August to clean up the Meramec River and its four tributaries, the Big River, the Huzzah, Courtois, and Bourbeuse.

Next is the Little Creek Watershed Festival, September 25th. An amazing outdoor classroom holds an interactive and fun day for all who are interested in learning.

This past July, there was a Watershed Festival at Meramec State Park. It was hot, but well worth it! Floating, raffles, presentations on terrestrial and aquatic bugs, games and activities of all kinds. It's an annual event that is worth going to every year.

The Open Space Council, soon after held their annual Meramec River Expedition. The turn out was great. We shared lunch, hiked two miles along the river. We enjoyed a wildly entertaining Mussels of the Meramec presentation by Brian Wilcox, the naturalist at Meramec State Park. Then we all hopped in our canoes at floated 2.5 miles down to Castlewood State Park, where we enjoyed a cooling rain. This summer has been eventful!