St. Charles County Operation Clean Stream

Register Now for Operation Clean Stream 2008!


On Saturday April 5, St. Charles County, Greenway Network, and the communities of Cottleville, Dardenne Prairie, Lake St. Louis, O’Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters and Wentzville will work together with volunteers to remove trash from local lakes, streams and tributaries.

The last time OCS mobilized, roughly 300 volunteers pulled over 10,000 pounds of trash from Dardenne, Peruque, Belleau, Spencer and Cole Creeks.

Once again the Stream Trash ART (START) project will be a unique component of the cleanup. This project, created by Greenway Network project director Ralph Rollins, salvages metal pulled from the streams and reuses it to create welded works of art. Joseph Farmer, a St. Charles artist and member of Best of Missouri Hands, and a team of volunteers will be working on site at Quail Ridge Park. Working from materials found that day, they will create a sculpture that reminds everyone to keep our streams and rivers clean.

Families, organizations and individuals can register to help out by calling 636-949-7415. Participants registering by March 25 will receive a free Operation Clean Stream T-shirt. You can participate in your own city or let them know if you are willing to go where you are most needed elsewhere in the county. The day will start at 8:30 a.m. with registration at one of 5 pre-assigned rendezvous locations. Starting points include St. Peters City Hall, O’Fallon Civic Park, Barat Haven Trailhead on Henning Road, St. Charles City Hall and Quail Ridge Park. All participants can enjoy lunch starting at 11:30.

This community-wide event is sponsored by Missouri Stream Team, George Butler Associates, Brookside Environmental Services, Missouri Department of Conservation, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Wal-Mart. If you would like to help, but are unable to participate in the actual clean up you can still contribute to this worthwhile project. Contributions can be made through Greenway Network at http://greenwaynetwork.org, email to info@greenwaynetwork.org, or by calling (636) 498-0772. See you at the creek!