Monday, September 15, 2008

Flood Clean-Up Tomorrow

Take one look at the pictures attached and you'll be blown away by the
power of our local streams...

The email below is from the Director of the River des Peres Watershed
Coalition...they are running an emergency cleanup based out of Deer
Creek Park...Based on the photos, this is a disaster requiring
TREMENDOUS help...

SO, if you can spare even a half-hour and some muscle, please come
chip in...it's not going to be pretty or easy...but if you can hack
it, your help will be greatly appreciated!! You'll need boots or old
shoes that can get destroyed, gloves, and a water bottle...they may
have some supplies on hand, but since this is being thrown together
quickly I don't know what they will have to offer.

And if you have access to resources, like a Bobcat or a wench, I'm
sure it will come in handy...let me know and I'll connect you with the
right people.

If you think about it, throw on your River Kid t-shirt for good
measure...it would be way cool to see a bunch of RK tees stretched out
across the river!

Let me know if you have any questions...

Ben


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From: Danelle Haake <danelle.haake@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <RdPWC@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:08:13 -0500
To: rdpwc <RdPWC@yahoogroups.com>
Conversation: [RdPWC] UPDATE: Flood Clean-Up Tomorrow
Subject: [RdPWC] UPDATE: Flood Clean-Up Tomorrow


Good evening!

Today I was out and saw some of the damage along Deer Creek and River
des Peres for myself. It was quite amazing. I visited both of the
sites that the River des Peres Watershed Coalition has 'adopted' -
River des Peres at Mona Terrace in University City and Deer Creek at
Deer Creek Park in Maplewood. There was more water than on a normal
late summer day, but the floodwaters have certainly come down (as you
can see in the attached photos).

As far as the conditions of the streams, the RdP (in that stretch at
least) looked relatively good - not much more than the usual trash.
Deer Creek on the other hand looked bad as can be seen in the photos.
We just had a cleanup there a couple of weeks back and now there is
more trash there than I have ever seen. At Brentwood Blvd, there are
two boats (still attached to their trailers) stuck at the bridge
pilings which are holding a bunch more tree debris which is then
holding lots of plastic trash. At Deer Creek Park (aka. Rocket Park),
there is a bunch more stuff in and along the stream. Immediately
downstream at the shopping center, there is still more trash,
including some of the lumber from an upstream lumberyard, several
tires, and even a dumpster!

Based on what we saw, a few of us at the Coalition decided that it
would be worthwhile to try to get out there and clean up some of the
mess. So, we are planning to meet at Deer Creek Park beginning at
1pm. There will be folks in and out all afternoon and into the
evening, so feel free to come out at any time! I would suggest
parking in the lot for the Deer Creek Shopping Center, as there is
limited parking at the park itself.

So, I hope to see many of you tomorrow afternoon and evening at Deer
Creek!

Danelle

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