We have just published our first volunteer events calendar for 2025, and this is the earliest start we have ever gotten on our spring events in Columbia. If the weather doesn’t change, we might be cutting honeysuckle in the snow this year! Our first event is new to us, and we are partnering with Missouri Stream Team to pull this one off.
Missouri Conservation Corps is hosting its first creek cleanup on Columbia’s Flat Branch Creek on Sunday, March 9th. The cleanup will take place between MKT Trail bridges #2 and #3, and volunteers are asked to meet in Grasslands Park, 21 East Clarkson Road. Missouri Conservation Corps and Missouri Stream Team will provide the gloves and trash bags, and volunteers are asked to wear sturdy boots and clothing appropriate to the weather. If you have waterproof boots or waders, those will help us get into the deeper portions of the creek to remove trash and debris.
The creek cleanup will run from 1-3 p.m., followed by a social event in the park from 3-4 p.m. with hot cocoa and maybe even some sunshine! Join us on Sunday, March 9th in Columbia’s Grasslands Park for our first volunteer event of the year, and a chance to clean up one of Columbia’s most cherished watersheds!
For more information on this event, or to register for this event, contact Missouri Conservation Corps Project Director Stephen Bybee at [email protected]
