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Greetings!
We are in the home
stretch for the April 25th Great Ladue Creeks Cleanup, and have been
"flooded" with more than 600 eager volunteers!
A post cleanup event for
volunteers is planned for 3:00 to 4:30 PM at the back of the LaBarge
property on Clayton Road, and we
will have food, refreshments, and a bluegrass band.
Additionally, numerous excellent prizes (gift certificates) will be
awarded to winners of our "scavenger hunt"
for trash "collectibles".
 We
will have a mounted contingent from the
bridle trail users, dozens of scouts, students from the public and
private schools, and one real estate office crew as part of the task
force. The Rock Hill Quarry has already started cleaning their
own creeks, and has reported finding the first
arrow head of the event!
The vast majority of volunteers will be working in or near
their own neighborhoods, but extra teams have been
assigned to Two Mile and Deer Creeks where the need is greatest.
Prior to the event we will be
distributing Stream Team T-shirts, gloves, and trash bags
from Missouri Department of Conservation. Additional event
sponsors include The City of Ladue, Missouri Botanical Garden, The
Ladue Garden Club, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and local area
businesses.
WE HAVE NO BACKUP
PLAN in the event of inclement weather or flooding, but Creek Captains
will be asked to do what they can when they can.
Thank you for helping make our creeks beautiful.
Randy and Fiona Woods
Clean Up Organizers
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Deer Creek Watershed Friends Summer 2009 Meeting
 Stream Restoration Ecology
The Summer Quarterly Meeting of the Deer Creek Watershed Friends will be held Wednesday, June 3rd at Ladue City Hall, 9345 Clayton Road, 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
Our invited speaker is Jeffrey DePew, a biologist, river adventurer, and Adjunct Faculty member of Webster University, who will give a talk on stream restoration ecology. Mark your calendars, and stay tuned for more details!
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Ladue High School Students Win National Eco Prize
Student Rain Garden Design Nationally Recognized
Team Leaf of Ladue High School has recently secured a first place prize of at least $30,000 in the national Lexus Eco Challenge for their school rain garden design.
Word
of Team LEAF's rain garden project reached large groups of people via
their website, brochures, presentations, mass emails, a Facebook page,
and specific Google ads to target national and global audiences/groups
that have environmental concerns.
The high school students received support and assistance from the Show Me Raingardens project and from Greenscape Gardens and Gifts.
For more information go to http://www.teamleaf.org/
Congratulations to Gina, Mark, Max, Natalie, and Rivi!
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President Obama Signs Historic Wild and Scenic River Bill Into Law
 American Rivers applauds permanent protection for 86 rivers, totaling 1,100 miles, in seven states
On March 30, 2009, American Rivers applauded President Barack Obama for
signing into the law the second largest Wild and Scenic Rivers package
in history. The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 designates
86 new Wild and Scenic Rivers, totaling over 1,100 miles in Oregon,
Idaho, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, California, and Massachusetts. The
legislation includes important protections for 350,000 acres of land
along the rivers and also contains new Wilderness designations for over
two million acres of public land. This law expands the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System by more than 50 percent, bringing the total number of Wild and Scenic Rivers to 252.
"American Rivers' founding purpose was to protect the last best rivers in America under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the only law like it in the world." says Rick Holton, American Rivers Board Member and Ladue resident. "Three years ago, as we looked forward to the 40th anniversary of the Act, we set ourselves an ambitious goal - to designate 40 new rivers to the Wild and Scenic System in honor of the 40th
anniversary. I am thrilled that we not only met that goal,
but exceeded our highest expectations by more than doubling that number
and adding 86 rivers to the system."
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About Deer Creek Watershed Friends
Our purpose is to assess and improve the Deer Creek Watershed. Membership in Deer Creek Watershed Friends is free; by registering to receive this newsletter you become a member. Please forward this email newlsetter to your friends and encourage them to become a Deer Creek Watershed Friend, too. Deer Creek Watershed Friends is sponsored by Missouri Botanical Garden.
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