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UPCOMING EVENTS
See the MO Stream Team Calendar for upcoming events, about the Stream Team Program, and don't miss out on programs offered by Stream Teams United , including the awesome Paddle MO and Paddle Ozark trip opportunities offered every year. Check out Open Space STL for Operation Clean Stream August 22nd all along the Meramec and River des Peres Trash Bash October 24th. LOWG MO Stream Team volunteers will be helping at both events.
September 5th-LOWG members plan to participate in Mastodon State Historic Site 50th Anniversary Celebration
Some of the projects completed so far in 2026: LOWG has been involved in cleanups and educational events, not just ones hosted by members teams, but helping other organizations with their events. Community volunteers are a big part of watershed conservation efforts, we can't do it without you.
February- 39 Stream Team and community volunteers, along with US Fish and Wildlife staff, removed 8.48 TONS of trash from Harlow Island National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Festus, MO. Trash included 200 tires and over a ton of glass bottles. We were able to recycle over 1/2 of collected trash.
March- 19 volunteers returned to Harlow Island National Wildlife Refuge and collected an additional 3.48 TONS of trash, including another 70 tires and almost 800 pounds of glass bottles. We sent 1/2 of the collected trash to recyclers.
March- Member Stream Team #211 held their Annual Arnold City Cleanup. Volunteers filled a 20 cubic yard dumpster and removed junk metal and tires.
March- Several LOWG members assisted organizations in North St. Louis in areas impacted by the May, 2025 tornado. Volunteers removed over 500 tires and 90 cubic yards of trash.
April- Several LOWG members helped Open Space STL with the annual Confluence Trash Bash at different sites, including a huge cleanup at New Roots Urban Farm and Orchard where they removed trash and over 800 dumped tires.
May- Member teams participated in Girl Scout event, educating scouts on aquatic macroinvertebrates and stream health and another in-the-stream creek-side event on aquatic macroinvertebrates.
LOWG members also do smaller cleanups in their free time.
WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING?
This year LOWG and community volunteers have been collecting litter and flood trash all over the St. Louis region, and assisting other organizations with their cleanup events. We've been downtown, along the Meramec River, the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers; from North St. Louis County to Southeast Jefferson County. Trash has been removed from streets, shorelines, parks, greenspaces, and wildlife refuges.
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