Bourbeuse River - Missouri Stream Team

March – April 2010
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Stream Teams
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Information for and about Missouri Stream Teams
Working for & Loving the
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE
River Cleanups”
2 “Big
manual available
Tips from the Teams
3 Team Snapshots
Riffle Review
4 Team Calendar
Teams in Action
5 Activity Report
Team 4097
7 Stream
Visits State Capitol
Monitors Dig Deeper
Into Their Bugs!
Activity Prize Winners
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Bourbeuse River
By Priscilla Stotts, DNR Stream Team VWQM Coordinator
N
orman Leppo, Stream Team 509 “Missouri
Smallmouth Alliance” (MSA), is a busy
advocate for streams. He began by getting
involved with Operation Clean Stream (an
annual cleanup of the Meramec River and its
tributaries), cleaning the upper reaches of the
Bourbeuse River, and then became interested
in water quality monitoring as another way
to protect his adopted stream. More recently
he worked with the Missouri Department of
Conservation to create signage summarizing
gigging regulations which will help to protect
Smallmouth bass from being harvested by
uninformed giggers.
“This old river is not near the fishery that
the Meramec is, but it brings me great pleasure
to be on the Bourbeuse. A river that has so
many meanders, habitats, shady reaches and
stream channel variations that it is just fun to
fish,” he explains.
Above, Norman Leppo (second from left) is with
several helpers monitoring macroinvertebrates.
Norman has taken quite a few volunteers to
the Bourbeuse to share in the fun of monitoring
and exploring. Sharing the river is a good way
to share his passions with MSA members, other
anglers, and legislators.
Leppo, a proponent of catch-and-release
Smallmouth bass fishing, is also active in the
Conservation Federation of Missouri where
he has advocated for world-class Smallmouth
bass fishing in the state. Norman is a visionary
and looks to future generations to step up to
the challenges of natural resource protection.
“Teaching kids to fish is so very important.
Fishing kids will be the strong conservationists
in the future.” Norman practices what he
speaks by See “Bourbeuse” continued on page 2.
Did you know . . . ?
Norman (third from left) and pals from the Missouri Smallmouth Alliance (Stream Team
509) work together to protect local streams and their fisheries.
Continued on page 2
“Big River Cleanups” Manual
M
Submit your tips or questions to
[email protected] or call
573/522-4115 x 3169.
M
issouri River Relief is
proud to release their
“Big River Cleanups” manual, a
collaborative effort to put down
in writing the lessons they’ve
learned about organizing river
cleanups to share with others.
The project was supported
by a grant from the National Park
Service in cooperation with the
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage
Foundation. A PDF version
can be downloaded from their
Web site at www.riverrelief.org/
updates/entry/big-river-clean-upmanual/.
The manual lays out some of the crucial components of doing a big river
cleanup River Relief-style. But, they hope that it will provide tips that will be
useful to anyone organizing a community river cleanup no matter the size.
It’s all part of their effort to empower local groups to organize their own
cleanup events. There’s no better way to bring people together, connect them
to their river resources, and do some good work in the process!
Good News!
The Stream Team Web calendar
has been updated!
See what’s happening in your area.
Check it out at www.mostreamteam.org.
volunteering to instruct kids
participating in the St. Louis
“Go Fish” Program, which is designed to get kids interested in fishing. For
Norman, fishing is one of the best ways to share an outdoor experience.
Norman loves telling of a spring float on the Bourbeuse with a good
friend where they floated past their takeout. Luckily, a local homeowner gave
them a hand. This confirmed his philosophy that even a bad float experience
is good when you love being on the river! Thank you, Norman, for passing
on your love and passion for Missouri streams!
“Bourbeuse” continued from page 1.
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Should my Stream Team attempt
to work on projects with other
Stream Teams?
Never hesitate to contact other
Stream Teams in your area when
you are working on a project that
is more than you can handle on your own.
Stream Team members share a kindred spirit,
and most are very willing to extend a helping
hand for the cause of improving and protecting
a nearby stream, even if it’s not the one they’ve
adopted.
Not only is this a great way to recruit help
for a special project, you’ll have the chance to
meet other like-minded neighbors and share
stories of your successes and struggles. It
could even lead to joining forces and forming a
“Stream Team Association” – a group of Stream
Teams working together in a watershed or other
geographic area. Individual groups can become
stronger forces to reckon with when they
combine experiences, knowledge, contacts, and
hard work!
You can receive information about other
Teams in your area by contacting your Stream
Team Biologist or sending an e-mail to
[email protected].
. . . mayflies, . . .
Continued on page 3
March–April 2010
Team Snapshots The Riffle Review
a bi-monthly glimpse of Stream Team activities
Since our last issue of Channels, Stream Team members reported:
565 total activities
5,519 total participants
20,997 total hours
49.94 tons of trash collected
200 water quality monitoring trips
176 storm drains stenciled
Check out more highlights below . . .
Team 76
Unable to monitor a site they had monitored for several years
due to road construction last year, the Ladue Middle School Stream Team was
pleasantly surprised how well their stream was doing despite all the construction.
Team 3949 sampled macroinvertebrates from Prairie Creek in
Platte County. Thanks to Kenyon Greene for sharing his efforts.
Team 211
Arnold Stream Teamers have been busy bees taking care of
their adopted access. Besides the normal litter pickups and grounds-keeping at
Flamm City River Access, Team 211 removed sediment that had piled up in the
parking area from flooding. Keep up the great work!
Team 365 Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Stream Team got some help
from 58 Nixa High School students who picked up trash from Wilson’s Creek.
Team 888 The Maline Creek Team was busy spreading the word about
Stream Teams. They set up a Stream Team display at seven different events and
spoke to more than 100 people about the Stream Team Program. Excellent!
Andrea Schremp reported her Wright City School kids (Team
4097) stayed busy stenciling storm drains and picking up trash.
Team 1875 The 2009 numbers are in, and Missouri River Relief really
cleaned up! They hosted/participated in 15 different cleanups and removed more
than 50 tons of trash from over 80 miles of river. Keep up the fantastic work!
Team 1995 The DeSoto Car Shop Stream Team held their Annual Fall
Cleanup on Joachim Creek and hauled in over a half ton of scrap metal from their
1.5 mile stretch of stream. Way to Go!
Team 3117 The Litter Gitter Ridders held their 4th Annual Niangua River
Cleanup and brought in over four tons of trash from the stream, including over
200 fishing bobbers. What a haul!
Team 3168 The Sedalia Slickers have been busy marking 22 storm drains
in downtown Sedalia. This is an ideal area for stenciling because of lots of
pedestrian traffic!
Rohann Woods School 5th Graders (Team 2790) held a
successful trash-hunting party at Deer Creek in St. Louis County.
Team 4060 The Jonah Long Family Team has been thinking outside the box
by conducting litter pickups in the woods and public areas within the watershed
of their adopted stream, removing almost 100 lbs of trash that would have
potentially ended up in their stream. Great thinking!
Team 4097 The Wright City Elementary DPC Club Team has been marking
storm drains and advocating stream issues. Check out their music video at http://
wrightcitystreamteam.weebly.com/music-video.html.
Lisa Adams (Team 3681) invited volunteers from MO-American
Water and Missouri Western State University to clean Otoe Creek
in Buchanan County. They collected a truck load of trash.
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. . . an indicator of good . . .
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Stream Team 48
TEAM
Cleans Grand Falls! CA LEN DA R
March
By Wally Kennedy, The Joplin Globe
(printed with permission)
G
G
rand Falls on Shoal Creek in southwest
Missouri looks as good as it does
because of the work Ron Phelps and his
family (Team 48) has done in cooperation
with recent efforts by the City of Joplin.
Recently, Phelps was recognized with
a resolution from the Missouri House of
Representatives that was crafted by state
Representative Marilyn Ruestman. He also
has received the Lieutenant Governor’s
Senior Service Award and a proclamation from the City of Joplin thanking
him for his hard work and service.
“My family is a Stream Team,” Ron said. “What we do is what Stream
Teams do. We take care of our stretch of the river.” They have also been
working to make the site an unpopular place for troublemakers and illegal
dumpers. “We are trying to make the falls a more family-friendly place to
visit. You can’t do that when there’s broken glass all over the ground; it’s
the best it has been in a long time,” he said. “That was not the case when we
started 20 years ago, but we still have got a long way to go.”
For more information on Stream Team 48, visit their Web site at:
www.grandfallsstreamteam48.net.
Teams in
action!
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Boone County Stream Team Summit, Boone
Electric Coop, Columbia, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Contact [email protected] or 1-800-781-1989.
6
Arnold Winter Cleanup, 8 a.m. – noon, chili lunch
for all after floodplain cleanup, hosted by ST 211.
Call Brian Waldrop at 636/464-1293 or Bernie Arnold at
636/464-5852.
12 Introductory Level Volunteer Water Quality
Monitoring (VWQM) workshop, Ft. Leonard Wood.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
13 Grand Glaize watershed monitoring, 8 a.m. – noon.
Contact [email protected] or 636/225-3946.
13 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, Jackson.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
20 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, Rolla.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
20 River Otter Cleanup, Kansas City Berkley Park,
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., lunch & live music!
Contact [email protected].
26 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, Lebanon.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
27 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, Mt. Vernon.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
27 Blue River Rescue, 4701 E Gregory Blvd., Kansas
City, hosted by ST 175 “Lakeside Nature Center.”
Registration starts at 8 a.m., lunch is provided.
April
10 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, Sedalia.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
10 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, Camdenton.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
10 Marshall area litter cleanup, Indian Foothills Park,
11:30 a.m., Marshall, hosted by ST 1499.
Contact [email protected].
16 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, Chesterfield.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
17 Introductory Level VWQM Workshop, DeSoto.
Register online at www.mostreamteam.org.
17 Riverfest in Washington, MO River Relief cleanup.
See www.riverrelief.org for more info.
17 Tree Planting at Creve Coeur Lake Park, St. Louis,
9 a.m. – 1 p.m., bring a shovel!
Call Mitch at 314/599-7390 or [email protected].
Grand Falls on Shoal Creek, the pride of Stream Team 48.
Even more events are
listed on our Web calendar at
mostreamteam.org.
. . . water quality, will start . . .
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May
More Intro Level VWQM workshops in May.
See full schedule at www.mostreamteam.org.
March–April 2010
Activity Prize items will change every three months.
ACTIVITY PRIZE DRAWING
If you would like to be included in our “Activity Prize Drawing,” please check box at
right and attach a list of participant names. Please print clearly. The more activities
you submit, the better your chances! New prizes will be drawn every three months.
Attention teachers and youth group leaders: For a youth group prize, please check
the box at right, but you do not need to include a participant list for group prizes.
New prizes will be available and drawn every three months.
THANK YOU ITEMS
or
Activity Prize
Youth group
prize
Number requested:
Please allow up
to three weeks
for delivery.
Thanks!
S____ M____ L____
XL____ XXL____
Number requested:
You may request these free items in any combination.
ITEM:
Stream Team T-Shirt (Adult sizes only)
Stream Team Colorbook (Superstars, Grades K-3)
Stream Team Colorbook (Most Wanted, Grades 4-6)
Bumper Sticker (Quality Water, 3 1/2” x 9 1/4”)
Pencil (Get Into Missouri Streams, blue sparkle)
Stream Team 20-year Scratch Pads
Post-it Notes (MO Stream Team)
Sticker (Get Into Missouri Streams, 3” round)
Temporary Tattoos (Get Into Missouri Streams)
Stream Team Mini-buttons (1 1/4” round pin-on)
Stream Team Lapel Pins (20-year)
Stream Team Patch (Embroidered, 3” round)
ACTIVITY SUPPLIES
ITEM:
These free supplies are available for your activities.
Work Gloves (Specify youth or adult size)
Litter Pickup Bag (standard red mesh)
Litter Pickup Bag (24” x 36” mesh) for cleanups with larger trash)
First Aid Kit
Missouri Stream Team Activity Report
This report can be turned in after only 1 activity.
Stay active -- you make a difference for Missouri streams!
Stream Team Identification:
Team Number:_______________________
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office or school
if possible!
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10/6/2009
We welcome
your activity photos.
Be aware they may be
published in our newsletter or annual report.
Thank you!
Please provide details about your activities on the reverse side.
Mail this Activity Report to:
MISSOURI STREAM TEAM
PO BOX 180
JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102-0180
For more information, contact us at:
Phone: 1-800-781-1989 (voice mail)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site:
www.mostreamteam.org
Fax:
573/526-0990
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Stream Team Activity 2
Stream Team Activity 3
Location Description: Please provide a detailed
location for your activity. (Example: 100 yds. upstream from Hwy. 63 bridge.) Include township,
range, and section if possible. A good resource for
maps can be found at www.digital-topo-maps.com.
Location Description: Please provide a detailed
location for your activity. (Example: 100 yds. upstream from Hwy. 63 bridge.) Include township,
range, and section if possible. A good resource for
maps can be found at www.digital-topo-maps.com.
Project Description: Please include as much
information as you can about your activity. Include
facts about the project not covered above. (Example: “Held 4th Annual litter pickup and picnic at Dry
Fork Creek.”) ___________________________
Project Description: Please include as much
information as you can about your activity. Include
facts about the project not covered above. (Example: “Held 4th Annual litter pickup and picnic at Dry
Fork Creek.”) ___________________________
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Project Description: Please include as much
information as you can about your activity. Include
facts about the project not covered above. (Example: “Held 4th Annual litter pickup and picnic at Dry
Fork Creek.”) ___________________________
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Location Description: Please provide a detailed
location for your activity. (Example: 100 yds. upstream from Hwy. 63 bridge.) Include township,
range, and section if possible. A good resource for
maps can be found at www.digital-topo-maps.com.
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Measurement : Please list number of monitoring Measurement : Please list number of monitoring Measurement : Please list number of monitoring
trips, bags of trash collected, letters written, trees trips, bags of trash collected, letters written, trees trips, bags of trash collected, letters written, trees
planted, events held, etc. See code list at right. planted, events held, etc. See code list at right. planted, events held, etc. See code list at right.
Hours spent on project: _________________ Hours spent on project: _________________ Hours spent on project: _________________
Number of volunteers involved: ___________ Number of volunteers involved: ___________ Number of volunteers involved: ___________
Miles of river covered: ___________________ Miles of river covered: ___________________ Miles of river covered: ___________________
Activity basin: _________________________ Activity basin: _________________________ Activity basin: _________________________
Activity county: ________________________ Activity county: ________________________ Activity county: ________________________
Stream name: __________________________ Stream name: __________________________ Stream name: __________________________
Activity date: __________________________ Activity date: __________________________ Activity date: __________________________
Type of activity: (see code list at right)_______ Type of activity: (see code list at right)_______ Type of activity: (see code list at right)_______
Stream Team Activity 1
Stream Team Activity Report
EDU Number of events
LET Number of letters
Education project
Letter written on stream issue
ASC Number of hours
AWA Number of awards
GRT Number of projects
WAT Number of trips
FIS
ST Association activity
Award received
Grant applied/received
Watershed mapping
Assisted MDC fish stocking
OTH Number of Projects
Number of events
FOR Number of events
Forestkeepers monitoring
Other: please describe
AAA New Accesses Adopted
MEN Team mentored & hours
Stream Team mentoring
Adopt-An-Access
REC Number of people recruited
Recruited new Team/members
SAM Number of litter bags/events
GRE Number of projects
Greenway development
Stream Access Maintenance
PPM Number of photos
ADV Number of hours
Photo Point Monitoring
Advocacy on stream issue
Number of projects
HAI
Habitat improvement
Streambank stabilization project SSP Number of events
SDS Number of drains stenciled
MRP Weight of line recycled
Monofilament recycling project
ZEB Number of trips
TRP Number of trips
Number of inventories
Number of events
Storm drain stenciling
Zebra mussel monitoring form
NEW
INV
GPS Reading
DIS
ST Inventory Guide submitted
PRE Number of presentations
Presentation to groups
ST display at school, fair, etc.
PLT
Tree planting
Number of trees
MED Number of interviews
Media contact/interview
Article written for newspaper, etc. ART Number of articles
MTG Number of attendees
WKS Number of attendees
Stream workshop attended
PLN Number of events
Pre-activity planning
Stream Team meeting
WQM Number of trips
Water quality monitoring
Measurement
LPU Number of litter bags
Code
Litter pickup
Activity
Stream Team Activity Code List
Introductory Level
VWQM
workshops
have been scheduled.
Sign up soon!
(See calendar on page 4.)
Activity Prize Drawing
Prize Winners:
Paul Clark–Mountain Grove, MO
Team 967–Eastern County Team
Dan Leary–Moody, MO
Team 2958–MO Master Naturalists Ozark
Melissa Storie–Rolla, MO
Team 3918–The Storie Family
Taya McCoy–Butler, MO
Team 4023–The Amarugia Ridge Runners
Merrill Dubach–Oldfield, MO
Team 4079–Master Naturalist Swan Creek
Danelle Haake–St. Louis, MO
Team 2760–Litzinger Road Eco Center
Sandy Delcoure–Florissant, MO
Team 30–Cold Water Creek
Prizes Won:
Explore Missouri streams in a new Pelican
Zest kayak.
Keep high and dry with Kodiak Outback hip
waders.
Stream Team goodie-bag: ball cap, rain
gauge, multi-tool, flashlight, coffee mug.
Set of cast-nets can be used to capture
aquatic critters for study and identification.
Learn more about nature with a $15.00 gift
card to Barnes & Noble.
Keep everything cool in a soft-sided cooler
on your next Stream Team cleanup.
School/youth group prize: Reward your
youth group with a Pizza Party gift card!
Please keep sending us
your Activity Reports . . .
YOU might win next!
March–April 2010
Stream Team 4097: Wright City School DPC Club
Visits Missouri’s Capitol!
By Andrea Schremp
R
ecently students and staff members
from Wright City Elementary
School’s Stream Team 4097 traveled
to the State Capitol’s annual Show-Me
Techknowledge Day. These bright
youngsters wanted to show their
legislators how they used technology to
raise awareness about protecting their
local watershed.
Stream Team 4097 started an
environmental project at the beginning of
the school year that focused on keeping
streams clean. This group of 13 fourthand fifth-grade students spent months
researching streams, writing grants,
cleaning Peruque Creek, stenciling storm
drains, giving presentations, and finding
unique ways to educate the community
about the importance of keeping their
watershed clean and healthy.
Show-Me Techknowledge Day
gave these students an opportunity to
demonstrate how the Web site they created
not only increased their education, but also
allowed them to communicate their goals
to a much larger audience.
Visit Stream Team 4097’s Web site at
http://wrightcitystreamteam.weebly.com.
MONITORS DIG DEEPER INTO THEIR BUGS!
T
wenty volunteers braved a snow
storm to come to Jefferson City in
February to attend an EPT workshop
(Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera).
Prerequisites for this class included both
Intro and Level 1 water quality training.
Stream Team water quality monitors
sample for aquatic macroinvertebrates.
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera), Stoneflies
(Plecoptera), and Caddisflies
(Trichoptera) are the Orders that are most
sensitive to water pollution. However,
even among these three groups there are
varying sensitivities when you identify
down to the level of Family, Genus,
and Species. For example, there are 90
species of mayflies in Missouri, and some
are much more sensitive than others to
water pollution.
The more detailed data we collect,
the more we’ll learn about the quality of
our streams. Congratulations to all who
completed the workshop!
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20-Year DVDs
W
e still have a few copies of the 20-Year Celebration
DVD. To receive a free copy, call 1-800-781-1989
or e-mail us at [email protected].
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E-mail address change?
Please let us know!
Clip and return this change-of-address form.
Or call 1-800-781-1989 (voice mail)
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. . . live for a day, but nymphs
can live over a year in our
streams!
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March–April 2010