River des Peres Watershed Coalition

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2017 RdPWC Annual Meeting

Written by Besa Friday, November 3rd, 2017 5:34 PM

Last Updated on Friday, November 3rd, 2017 6:08 PM

Come to the Annual Meeting of the River des Peres Watershed! We'll be at the Schlafly Bottleworks Crown Room, 7260 Southwest Avenue (off Manchester) in Maplewood, MO 63143. Doors open at 6, with time to mingle at the cash bar and order dinner (if you wish) before the meeting begins at 6:30. They'll be time after to resume socializing.

So come join us for an edifying and entertaining evening!

15th Annual Trash Bash - Oct 21 - Register Now!

Written by Besa Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 1:55 PM

Last Updated on Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 2:26 PM

Trash Bash 2015 Come out and help clean up the rivers and creek within the River des Peres Watershed in St Louis City and County. We need your help to take care of this valuable natural resource in our community. With the remarkable growth in interest, we've expanded volunteer opportunities to include multiple sites throughout the watershed. Several of these are along scenic Great Rivers Greenway trails! Volunteers will meet in the morning at Willmore Park along the River des Peres Greenway, and Heman Park in University City, or UMSL South Campus.

NOTE THE PRIMARY SIGN-IN AND LUNCH LOCATION IS AT WILLMORE PARK!

Trash Bash Date Set

Written by Besa Saturday, July 15th, 2017 5:39 PM

Last Updated on Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 2:44 PM

Oct 21st 2017 is the chosen date for the next River desPeres Trash Bash. If you would like to be a site leader or know of a place that is particulalry trashy you can contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Honeysuckle Sweep for Healthy Habitat March 4-19th

Written by Besa Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 3:07 PM

Last Updated on Sunday, March 5th, 2017 4:10 PM

Volunteers welcome to help improve habitat & clean waterways in RdP watershed.

As part of this initiative sponsored by Missouri Botanical Garden, many groups have organized to remove invasive Bush Honeysuckle during the Honeysuckle Sweep for Healthy Habitat March 4-19th. Click here for the list of events and to register for that event.

All are welcome to help clean streams at one of the largest organized annual cleanups in the St. Louis area, the Confluence Trash Bash

on Saturday, March 18th. If you would like to help, please register here and choose a starting site listed to sign in and be directed to a stream site.

14th Annual River des Peres Trash Bash a Smash!

Written by Administrator Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 12:53 PM

Last Updated on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 1:43 PM

The 14th Annual River des Peres Trash Bash & Watershed Festival was a breakout success this year! 650 volunteers stepped forward to help with this watershed-wide event that included 16 different cleanup sites, ranging from the headwaters, picking up major tributary creeks along the way, down to the confluence of the River des Peres and the Mississippi River.

Adding to this year's success were 2 motorized jon boats provided by Missouri River Relief. Thanks to MMR, we were able to handle hard-to-get sites in the confluence area. This was a first for our RdP operation.

This year again we were able to recycle materials at the Willmore Park location, thanks to Brightside St. Louis. Volunteer registration sites were established at the UMSL South Campus CHERP location; Heman Park in University City; and our new rally location at Willmore Park, along the RdP main channel.

Numerous Girl Scout troops, families, Stream Team veterans and people of all ages came to do their share. This was the second year we hosted the Watershed Festival in association with the clean up and many organizations came for educational outreach activities. A free BBQ lunch was provided for all volunteers who could rendezvous at Willmore Park immediately following the clean up. Live music was provided by the popular band Keltic Reign and prizes awarded for the most unusual, most valuable, and biggist Trash Treasures!

A record breaking trash haul was aggregated and reported;

TIRE COUNT = 165
5 tons of trash removed (solid waste landfill)
1.4 tons of recycled material
1.4 tons of scrap metal removed
1.3 tons - single stream recycled
35 inlet stormwater markers set in place

We extend our sincere appreciation to all of our growing number of partners and sponsors without whom this event could not take place:

THE METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT THE GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY DISTRICT
THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
MISSOURI STREAM TEAMS
LEAGUE OF WATERSHED GUARDIANS
SCHLAFLY BREWERY
THE SOUTHWEST DINER
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS
THE CITY OF DES PERES
THE CITY OF GLENDALE
THE CITY OF CLAYTON
THE CITY OF HANLEY HILLS
MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF

Also, a special thanks goes out to the Missouri Parks Association, MSD's Project Clear, Great Rivers Greenway, The Wild Ones, 1Mississippi, and the Sierra Club, all of whom participated in the Watershed Festival.

We are determined to protect and improve our urban rivers and streams. We can and will restore the River des Peres and its tributaries that flow to the Mississippi. "Eventually all things merge into one and a River runs through it."

(Story provided by Steve Nagle, RdPWC Trash Bash Coordinator)

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