TRASH BASH Saturday Sept 25
Save the date. The 2nd annual River des Peres Watershed Trash Bash is scheduled for Saturday September 25. This year, we are concentrating our efforts by making the Trash Bash our 11th annual River des Peres Cleanup. If that wasn't enough, this event also coincides with a city-wide effort called Clean the Lou. Three events on one day for a big time party with big time results. We'll tell you where you need to be to join us. More details and online registration to come.
Interview with Jean Ponzi on KDHX
Hear the interview at http://kdhx.org/
Raptor Project's Watershed Tunes - Live! plus Rain Barrels - 4-26-10:
Missouri's World Bird Sanctuary celebrates raptors and their environs with a new musical release, "In The Watershed" - and Earthworms celebrates this achievement with live music in our interview studio! Tuneful rehab biologists Roger Holloway and Joe Hoffmann and their backup trio The Hot Wings feather tonight's eco-conversations with original songs - with all proceeds from CD sales and concerts benefiting World Bird's internationally respected hospital for injured birds of prey. Join these humans and their birds THIS SATURDAY May 1 for a CD Release concert 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. at the sanctuary - details at www.worldbirdsanctuary.org. Nothing like it - or like the birds this place serves! Also - River Des Peres Watershed Coalition can help you plant Rain Barrels around your neighborhood at a barrel-building workshop May 8 at EarthWays Center - or you can buy a fine barrel of your own (recycled from transporting Coca Cola) - find details including WHY USE A RAIN BARREL at www.riverdesperes.org - and start harvesting the rain!
Wend Magazine Interview with Eric Karch
Read the interview at http://www.wendmag.com/
Spring Season Habitat Restoration Events
Join the River des Peres Watershed Coalition as we gear up for the Spring season with our Habitat Restoration Events at Deer Creek Park and Mona Terrace Park. There is a lot of work to be done like removing litter and invasive plant species (Japanese hops, Bush honeysuckle, and Wintercreeper Euonymus), and planting a variety of native trees, shrubs and plants to restore the natural beauty along the River des Peres and Deer Creek. We’re conducting this year’s Habitat Restoration events on the first Mondays, second Tuesdays, and third Wednesdays of each month. Mondays and Wednesdays we’ll be “Diggin’ & Dinin” - we’ll work at Deer Creek Park then stop at a nearby restaurant for dinner and refreshments. There’s also “Tuesdays at the Terrace” at Mona Terrace on Tuesday evenings. Please come out and join us at these two sites as we work to improve the habitat of the River des Peres and Deer Creek, as the habitat restoration would be impossible without the time and effort of volunteers.
Directions to Deer Creek Park (Maplewood, MO) aka Rocket Ship Park
From Manchester Rd or Hwy 40 (I-64), take Hanley: Go south on Hanley. The park is about a half-mile south of Manchester on the right. If you are coming from Big Bend or I-44, take Laclede Station. Go north on Laclede Station. The park is just under a half-mile north of Big Bend on the left. Deer Creek Park is across the street from the Missouri Drivers Examinations Building located at 3256 North Laclede Station Road.
Directions to Mona Terrace (University City, MO) Just south of Olive Road & Groby
From the West: From I-170 take Olive Blvd east to Groby Road, and make a right on Groby Road (going south) until you reach the bridge at Mona Road.
From the East: Take Olive Blvd; past North & South until you reach Groby Road, make a left turn on Groby (south).