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Greetings!
Welcome to fall! Please note that the date of the fall quarterly meeting has been changed
to Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the Deer Creek
Club. We are very pleased to have the Executive Director of MSD Jeff
Theerman P.E., presenting. I hope to see you there! Additional
program details below.
Our sponsoring organization, Missouri Botanical Garden, has received a two and a half year 319 Grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to develop a Deer Creek Watershed plan, implement demonstration projects in the watershed, monitor water quality improvements, and implement education and outreach activities. We are delighted to receive this support which will increase our reach and effectiveness.
Sincerely,
Rick Holton
Chairman, Deer Creek Watershed Friends
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Deer Creek Friends Quarterly Meeting
MSD Executive Director to Introduce "Clean Rivers, Healthy Communities" 
Jeff Theerman P.E., Executive Director of the Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District will be presenting MSD's new initiative, "Clean Rivers, Healthy Communities," at the fall Deer Creek Friends quarterly meeting. A joint
effort with the City of St. Louis' Department of Health, this partnership is
focused on "preserving and protecting" St. Louis waterways by educating the
community, upgrading the sewer system, and reducing water pollution.
When: Wednesday, October 21st
Time: 5:30 to 7:00 PM
Where: Deer Creek Club, 9861 Deer Creek Hill, 63124
RSVP: Deer Creek Friends Website
In addition to his 20 years experience working with the St.
Louis MSD, Jeff's prior career experience includes four years with Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency; Bachelor of Science in civil engineering,
Master of Science in civil engineering; registered professional engineer in the
State of Missouri. Jeff was also an intricate part of MSD's response to the
flood of 1993 as the Director of Wastewater Operations at the Bissel Point
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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City of Ladue Honored By MSD
 Ladue Receives Certificate of ExcellenceAt the
St. Louis County Stormwater Administrators Workshop, The City of Ladue was awarded an MSD Certificate of Excellence for their sponsorship and participation in the April Creeks
Cleanup. On April 25th, five hundred seventy-one Ladue volunteers removed 9,740 pounds of debris from Deer Creek and its tributaries. The success of "The Ladue Model" for creek clean ups was in part due to a 16 week plan for a suburban watershed clean up developed by Ladue citizens in collaboration with the City of Ladue as an adaptation of Missouri's well established Stream Team program.
You can view the certificate and read more about the 16 week organizational plan to design your own clean-up initiative at the Deer Creek Friends Website.
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River Des Peres Trash Bash
September 19th 2009 at 8:00 am
The Deer Creek Watershed is a sub-watershed of the River des Peres Watershed. There are many additional opportunities for involvement with The River des Peres Watershed Coalition.
On September 19, 2009, The River des Peres Trash Bash will have clean-up sites throughout the
entire River des Peres watershed. Several of the clean-up areas are along Great
Rivers Greenway District trail projects. The clean-up base area, as well as
registration and after clean-up festivities, will be along the River des Peres
Greenway Trail on River des Peres Blvd between Morganford and Gravois (Fultz
Field area) in St. Louis City [map link]. The clean-up promotes
the connection of land and water through neighborhood and stream clean-ups,
educating the public on how they can Make a Difference in their neighborhood,
and the development and promotion of partnerships along River des Peres. Please
come out and join us! Registration at http://www.riverdesperes.org/ |
"Sometimes,
if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the
river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know
everything there is to be known".
--Winnie the Pooh
About Deer Creek Watershed Friends
Our purpose is to assess and improve the Deer Creek Watershed. Please forward this email newsletter to your friends and encourage them to get involved. The Deer Creek Watershed Initiative is a project of Missouri Botanical Garden and its partners. This project
is partially funded by US EPA Region 7 through the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources (subgrant number G09-NPS-13), under Section 319 of the Clean
Water Act.
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