BMP Watershed Summit 2024

Highlighting Nature-Based BMPs in the Lower Meramec and the Region

Meramec River near Leasburg, Missouri

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East-West Gateway, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, presented its BMP Watershed Summit in Wildwood on October 16, 2024. The Summit showcased a range of nature-based and hybrid riparian best management practices (BMPs), from the low-cost and non-technical to more highly engineered and involved projects, being done in the Lower Meramec River watershed and elsewhere in the EWG region.
 

Presentations from the Summit:

Presentation: Green Infrastructure at the Missouri Botanical Garden
– Allison Joyce, Natural Environmental Programs Manager at Missouri Botanical Garden

Video: BMP Watershed Summit 2024: Tower Grove ParkDaylight Project

Presentation: Tower Grove Park Stream Daylighting Project
– Bill Reininger, Executive Director of Tower Grove Park
– Neil Eisenberger, Principal and Senior Project Manager at Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Video: BMP Watershed Summit 2024: Castlewood State Park
– For more information on this project, please contact Rob Pulliam at rob.pulliam@tnc.org.

Video: BMP Watershed Summit 2024: Lower Meramec ParkWillow Staking

Presentation: Willow Staking in Lower Meramec County Park
– Bonnie Harper, Executive Director of Open Space STL
– Dennis Hogan, Environmental Resource Specialist at St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation

Video: BMP Watershed Summit 2024: Deer Creek ParkStreambank Improvements

Presentation: Brentwood Bound – Stream Bank Stabilization and Restoration Efforts Along Deer Creek in Brentwood
– Dan Gummersheimer, Public Works Director for the City of Brentwood

Presentation: Rainscaping and Restoration Along Deer Creek
– Stacy Arnold, Watershed Planning Consultant for the Deer Creek Watershed Alliance, a project of Missouri Botanical Garden

More information and resources for green infrastructure can be found on the East-West Gateway website here.
 
We thank the City of Wildwood for hosting the 2024 BMP Watershed Summit.
We also thank the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for their assistance in producing the incredible project videos that accompanied the presenters!

 
 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, has provided partial funding for this project (G22-NPS-06) under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.


 

 

This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) under assistance agreement C6007476-16 to East-West Gateway Council of Governments. It has been subjected to the EPA and the department’s product and administrative review and has been approved for production. The contents of this web page do not necessarily reflect the view and policies of the EPA or the department, nor does the EPA or the department endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this web page.