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Protect the Watershed
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Missouri River Watershed
Festival 2008 |
| Date: |
Friday, October
3, 2008 |
| Where: |
La Benite
Park; Sugar Creek, MO
Map and
Directions |
| Time: |
9:00 AM -
1:00 PM |
| For: |
Kansas City
Metropolitan Area Students (Grades 6-8) |
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Hosted by: |
The MO River Watershed Festival Committee
has representatives from a variety of Kansas City metropolitan
organizations that support water education efforts. Members of
the 2007 Planning Committee include:
Little Blue River Watershed Coalition
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Missouri River Relief
● KCMO Water Services Department
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MO Department of Conservation
● Platte Land Trust
● US Geological Survey
● Wyandotte County Conservation
District |
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Registration: |
Teacher/Student Registration:
To register students for the
festival, please contact Sarah Lawson of the MO Department of
Conservation at (816) 792-8662 or
email.
Exhibitor Registration:
Exhibits should be interactive, fun,
educational and related to water quality, water recreation,
rivers, local watersheds, urban stormwater, aquatic education,
solid waste management, or community opportunities/development.
Organizational displays should focus on the organization's
connection to one or more of these topics.
To register as an
exhibitor/presenter, please contact the Wyandotte County
Conservation District at (913) 334-6329 or
email---or complete the Exhibitor Registration Form.
Note: if
you cannot access the Exhibitor Registration Form through the link above, click here for a
PDF version
that can be printed and mailed.
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| About the
Festival: |
The
Missouri River Watershed Festival is a 2 state, 7 county Metro KC
regional event, sponsored by the MO River Watershed Festival
Committee and the Little Blue River Watershed Coalition.
The Missouri River Watershed Festival
fosters awareness and elicits behavioral changes in youth regarding
non-point source pollution (NPS) throughout the Metropolitan Kansas
City region.
The Missouri River Watershed
Festival goals are to:
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educate participants about NPS
pollution
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emphasize
behavior changes by demonstrating how an action in one part of
the watershed can affect the entire region
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demonstrate how critical thinking
in system analysis can lead to effective problem solving and
decision making
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teach about widespread
repercussions of individual actions and allow the participants
to apply these concepts to many aspects of their daily lives
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improve participants potential to
become effective, critical thinking members of society who will
pass these values on to peers and offspring; thereby,
establishing a sustainable environmental ethic
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| What to
Expect: |
The
Festival features exhibitors from around the metropolitan area
conducting hands-on, interactive activities with a focus on
watershed literacy, non-point source education, riparian stewardship
and river health. These groups provide avenues for students and the
community to get involved beyond the festival through ongoing
stewardship projects. Presentations are interactive, informative,
educational and entertaining.
See photos
from the 2006 Festival |
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La Benite Park: |
La Benite
Park is located on the south side of the MO River, under the
Missouri Highway 291 bridge (east side) in Sugar Creek, Jackson County,
Missouri.
La Benite Park
Location Map:
For easy driving directions* from
anywhere, click on the MapQuest link below:
Map of N Courtney Rd & N State Route 291
Sugar Creek, MO 64058, US
*Directions
Note: The interactive
directions will end at N Courtney Rd & Highway 291 (just south
of the MO River Bridge). From this location, turn east onto N Courtney Rd and
immediately take a left (going north) into the park entrance. Follow signs for parking
inside the park.
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