Living Green in Watkins Creek Watershed
About the Project
Living Green in the Watkins Creek Watershed is an exciting new environmental education initiative RegionWise is leading in partnership with the Hazelwood School District. The three-year, $666,000 effort is aimed at promoting the idea and practice of living green through educating students and property owners about the value of sustaining a clean water system and what individuals, neighborhoods, and communities can do to reduce the damage to our rivers and streams caused by urban living. Living Green…incorporates outdoor classrooms designed to blend seamlessly with the landscapes of the Hazelwood School’s four middle new schools. These unique classrooms offer hands-on learning about natural water systems and ecology. Native plants will adorn the landscape features called Rain Gardens that help to maintain healthy water by filtering and slowing down rainwater run-off. Through this project, students and other residents will learn how to create Rain Gardens in any backyard.The project is partially funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VII, through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act
Learn More
Follow the link below to a presentation given by RegionWise's Ms. Brenda Bobo-Fisher that gives an overview of the problems facing the watershed and an explanation of the Initiatives efforts.
Dr. Sarah Coffin, Assistant Professor, Public Policy Studies, Saint Louis University, Spring 2008 Urban Planning and Real Estate Development Studio class has produced this document and powerpoint presentation about the Watkins Creek Project. It represents a collaborative effort among several groups and agencies.
Partners
Other partners include the Spanish Lake Community Association, St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District, St. Louis County Soil and Water District, and Missouri Botanical Gardens, as well as many other interested groups and individuals.
Director of Community Initiatives
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO 63103
Phone (314) 977-3203
bobofiba@slu.edu
She has more than 30 years experience in leading efforts to address human relations issues at the organizational and institutional levels. She is passionate about decreasing oppression and building greater understanding among individuals of different backgrounds. As a private consultant, she has designed and guided efforts for senior managers of hospitals, schools, and non-profits to prepare them to lead the transformation of their organizations toward greater inclusion.
While employed in the corporate sector she created corporate initiatives to win the support of critical customer groups through research, market related strategic planning, and issues management, as well as the creation of award winning constituency programs for older adults, person with disabilities, Hispanics, African Americans, and women. She is a member of North County Inc., Trinity Catholic High School Advisory Board, DePaul Hospital Community Advisory Committee, Hazelwood School District Equity Support Council, and the U.S. Attorney’s Hate Crimes Task Force. She is a former reporter and feature writer for the Kansas City Star and a graduate of the University of Missouri.
