BMP Watershed Summit 2024

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

Meramec River near Leasburg, Missouri
When:
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
9:00 am – 3:00 pm, Check-In Begins at 8:30 am

Where:
Wildwood Municipal Building
16860 Main St.
Wildwood, MO 63040
 
Online registration opens on Monday, September 9th

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Join East-West Gateway at the Wildwood Municipal Building on October 16th for the BMP Watershed Summit 2024. The Summit will showcase 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.

The purpose of the Summit is to build interest, increase knowledge, and promote the use of nature-based BMPs, and encourage the installation of similar practices to address and prevent stream impairments.

Speakers and Topics:

Parking Lot and Building Modifications to Reduce Stormwater Impacts
– Allison Joyce, Missouri Botanical Garden
Tower Grove Park Stream Daylighting Project
– Bill Reininger, Tower Grove Park
Willow Staking at Lower Meramec County Park
– Bonnie Harper, Open Space STL
Stream Bank Stabilization Efforts Along Deer Creek
– Tom Schweiss, Great Rivers Greenway
Kiefer Creek in Castlewood State Park Stream Bank Restoration
– Rob Hunt, The Nature Conservancy

More information and resources for green infrastructure can be found on the East-West Gateway website here.
 


 

 
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.