Kansas City Missouri River Ed Events
“Day on the River”- Riverfront
Park, KC, MO
“KC Watershed Festival”- Lakeside
Nature Center, KC, MO
October 2-4th, 2013
Staley High School:
14
Benjamin Banneker:
40
KC Watershed Festival:
160
MRR Crew:
11
Total Students & Teachers:
234
Service Learning Clean-ups:
6
Rivermiles Cleaned:
5 (Missouri River miles 360 – 365)
Total Tonnage: .8 tons
Day on the River Presenters:
KC Parks & KC Wildlands - River Wildlife & Conservation, live reptiles & birds
US Army Corps of Engineers – Conservation Careers, MO River Recovery, live fish & turtles
MRR - Know Your Big Muddy, Recycle Relay 
KC Watershed Presentations: Recycle Relay, Trash Boat, Enviro Scape
Sponsors:
“Day on the River” is supported by grants from US Fish and Wildlife
Service, Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources and Mo. Dept. of Conservation.
The Kansas City Watershed Festival hosted by the Little Blue River Watershed Assoc. and Healthy Rivers Partnership.
Coordinators:
Day on the River: Steve Schnarr,
Dave & Fran Stous
KC Watershed Festival: Larry O’Donnell, Vicki Richmond
“Day on the River” Trash Tally!
38 Bags of
Trash
1 Big TV
Screen
1 Chair
Cushion
2 Plastic
Pots
1 5-gal.
Bucket
1 Turtle Sand
Box
1Big Blue
Packer
2 Tires
50 lbs Scrap
Metal
50 ft. of
Barge Rope
1 Humidifier
Tank
1 Metal Sign
1 Message in
a Bottle – Jar Joke
Tires: .0175 tons
Scrap
Metal: .025 tons
Total Tonnage:
.8 Tons ~ (nearly 1 Ton!!!)
