Watershed Restoration
Goal of Watershed Restoration
- Reducing soil erosion and sediment pollution by providing technical planning assistance, cost estimates, and volunteer crews to remove invasive plant species along the White River and tributary streams
- Restoring stream banks zones along River School routes to educate participants about the differences in active management versus passive management
- Creating agreements with landowners to ensure restored streambanks are maintained in perpetuity
Landowner Workshops
Attend a Stream Steward Workshop to learn how to become a more responsible riparian property owner! Each workshop highlights several facets of streambank management including the following topics:
- Keeping trash out of our waterways
- Identifying invasive plants and treatment options for them
- Providing sediment and erosion control strategies
- Providing native plant and live stake installation options
- Distributing new Stream Steward Guide Resource
The program is funded with the generous support of the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust and its Partners. It involves more than a dozen organizations, working towards enhancement of the waterway.
RegistrationStream Stewards Manual
This Stream Steward Guide is funded by the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust’s Partners for the White River initiative and was developed in partnership with Friends of the White River. The purpose of this guide is to help citizens understand how to care for our water resources, from those listening to raindrops on their roofs to landowners living on the White River. Armed with good information, we all can play a part, small or large, to improve & protect this important resource. So join us in becoming a good steward of our water resources.
Major Funding
