2008 Stream Team Project

Illegal Dumping is a problem in rural Missouri. It is vandalism. It affects all of us. At the October 2007 Stream Team quarterly meeting, the clean up of the "old old" dump was proposed as a 2008 Team project. Two team members have volunteered to coordinate the event. Preliminary work is being done in terms of notifying adjacent landowners and coordinating with Lawrence County officials.

This site is in the SE quarter of Section 12, T 28N R29W, Lawrence County, MO. The debris is spread over a 100 yard long tract, approximately 750 yards upstream from the La Russell Access point No.#6812. As you can see in the pictures, the debris includes everything from refrigerators to ovens, sofas and horse troughs.

We feel that it would be more efficient to wench the debris up the cliff, than trying to push it down. The Lawrence County Commissioners recommended that we coordinate the Stream Team project with the county wide 'spring' clean up. They also offered to assist with signage to prevent future vandalism on the site. This will definitely be a "team" project as well as a "neighborhood" project. Some of the debris is heavy, and we'll need help maneuvering it. Would you like to help us?