ILLINOIS RIVER WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP
2015 ACTION PLAN
WATER QUALITY
MONITORING
2015 IRWP
EDUCATION OUTREACH
Watershed Sanctuary
School field trips
Students
Tour De Cave Bike Ride
Watershed Geoquest
Bats & Bluegrass Night Viewing
4 weeks of Summer Camp
Water quality testing with World
Water Monitoring Day
Lake management (algae control)
Cave Springs Cave Recharge Zone
Study on IRWP website
North Pavilion built by September 1
Tree trimming and removal for trail safety
Walking bridge in front of cave wrought-iron fence
Outfall renovation on west side lake-water wheel
Green Roof Pavilion rain gauges and harvesting
Urban Farm Ag demonstration planting green
beans, sweet corn and salsa vegetables
Afterschool Pilot Program
Visitors
Public Event Days
Water quality monitoring training
Set up Art and Nature Lab for after school pilot
program (former annex bldg)
Informational signage on WLC pod walls
Basement cabinet replacement and painting
Bentonville Amazeum installed Spring
Johnson installed Spring
Lake Springdale installed Summer
Gentry Arvest Bank “pocket park” installed Spring
Fayetteville Gordon Long Park installed in early
2016.
AR Forestry Commission large trees planted at all
trailheads
Parking lot renovation with Porous Pavers in front
of WLC with vegetated retaining wall, bioswale, and
handicap ramp built Spring
32 acres includes:
Cave spring and raceway
6 acre lake
24 acre urban forest and trail
1 acre wetland
Threatened & Endangered
Species Protection
Watershed Learning Center
Razorback Greenway
Green Infrastructure Projects
Once month bike ride tours (last
Saturday each month)
Volunteer Planting Days
Greenway GI Signage installed
3 Schools with Grow Stations for
native plants
Low Impact Development at
Watershed Sanctuary
Schools educated on LID (field
trips, conservation projects, and
classroom programs)
Municipal training on LID
Corporate training on LID
Projects and tours
2015 Illinois River Salon
2 Artist Workshops – Spring/Fall
Internships
Artist-In-Residence Art Show
Summer Camps – 2 weeks
Windgate Art & Nature
City of Cave Springs sewer system
hook up completed
Environmental Testing Group
perform WQ sampling pre- and
post-construction at Johnson,
Lake Springdale, Bentonville
World Water Monitoring training
with students and teachers
CONSERVATION & RESTORATION
Phosphorus Removal Structure built Spring
“Creative Lab” set up in conjunction with pilot
program for “21st Century Community Learning
Center” grant application for 2016-2017 and
beyond.
Rain Garden Project
RG Classroom presentations
RG maintenance mulching
1 Rain Garden Academy and Tour
Rain Garden water quality
monitoring
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Work toward approval of ANRC grant for 20162018 to begin July 1, 2015
Siloam Springs Kayak Park &
Green Infrastructure
Siloam Springs Safety taskforce
Illinois River Float trip for PDE
credits for educators in June
Education tour for IRWP Annual
Conference
Volunteer cleanup days
Riparian Project
NPR coverage
Volunteers plant seedlings
Recruit minimum of 1 landowner
to complete 1,000 ft stream
riparian buffer restoration
Flint Creek Tree Farm
Creek Cleanups
Scull Creek adopted by IRWP
EAST program adopts streams
Corporate volunteers participate
NRCS
CIG Project
RCPP Grant
EQIP outreach
Conservation Dinner(s)
Conservation Leadership Summits
Educational booth Producer Mtgs
Field Day for P-Removal Structure
Clean Water Raingers
CWR Programs performed
Books and CDs distributed
Stakeholder Focus Groups,
Workshops & Annual
Conference
Sustainable Communities
annual conference at Crystal
Bridges
Rain Barrel Workshop
Golden Paddle Award
Illinois River Watershed education
programs presented in classroom
presentations
School Presentations
Social Media
7 Cities: Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale, Siloam
Springs, Prairie Grove, Gentry, Tahlequah
3,000 seedlings planted.
Website and Newspaper articles
UpstreamMatters.com
Daily Facebook posts
Weekly MyEmma to subscribers
1,000 seedlings potted for SWEPCO Flint Creek
Power Plant Tree Farm.
creek/lake/river cleanups
NRCS Conservation Innovation
Grant with Oklahoma State
University Phosphorus Removal
Structure
RCPP and EQIP signups with NRCS in IRW
Phosphorus Removal Structure installed and water
quality monitoring in progress.
Six stakeholder focus groups for 2016-2018
Strategic Planning
2014-2015 Schools
Bentonville:
Springdale:
Fayetteville:
Bentonville High School
Springdale High School
Owl Creek School
Gamble Elementary
Har-Ber High School
Fayetteville Montessori
Old High Middle School
Helen Tyson Middle School
Fayetteville Green Team
Bright Field Middle School
Hellstern Middle School
NWA Secular Homeschool Group
Bentonville 7th Day Adventist School
Monitor Elementary
Butterfield Elementary
Walnut Farm Montessori
Parson Hills Elementary
Haas Hall Academy
Pine Crest School
Westwood Elementary
Temple Shalom
Mary Mae Jones Elementary
Southwest Junior High
Vandergriff Elementary
Rogers:
Shaw Elementary
Fayetteville High School
Russell D. Jones Elementary
Walker Elementary
NWA Homeschoolers
ANH Montessori
Bernice Young Elementary
Gentry:
Loyd’s Little Land
Lincoln:
Gentry Primary
Kirksey Middle School
Lincoln Elementary
Gentry Intermediate
Rogers High School
Lincoln High School
Gentry High School
Lowell Elementary
Prairie Grove:
Siloam Springs:
Tucker Elementary
Prairie Grove Middle School
Siloam Springs High School
Mathias Elementary
Prairie Grove Alternative Learning School
Southside Elementary
Oklahoma:
Benton County 4-H
Benton County Conservation District
Stilwell Maryetta Elementary
Cabela’s
NRCS Benton and Washington Counties
Stilwell Maryetta Junior High
Sam’s Club
UA Extension Benton and Washington Counties
Westville Elementary
Partners of the Americas
Heart of America Artists’ Association
Other:
Spring International
Cherokee Nation Environmental Program
Walmart ISD
Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission
MARS Wrigley
Springdale Rotary
Anheuser-Busch
Trout Unlimited
Motorola
Cave Springs School Reunion
Wachter
Cave Springs American Legion
NWA Master Naturalists
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
Boy Scouts (Springdale and Bentonville)
Kawneer
Girl Scouts (Bentonville and Rogers)
Rogers Activity Center
Benton County Master Gardeners
Fayetteville City Council
Siloam Springs Kiwanis Club
Springdale City Council
Arvest Bank- Siloam Springs
Springtown City Council
Arvest Bank – Springdale
Cave Springs City Council
Arvest Bank- Westville, OK
Bentonville Public Library
Boys and Girls Club (Gravette)
National Honor Society- Siloam Springs High
School
Rogers Historical Museum
Gentry High School 4-H
Lewis and Clark Outfitters
Cave Springs 4-H
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Greenland High School
West Fork Middle School
Bella Vista Social Homeschoolers
College/University:
University of Arkansas
NWACC
John Brown University
University of the Ozarks
Oklahoma State University
Arkansas Tech University
List of Corporate/Civic Groups/Youth
Organizations
Boys and Girls Club (Bentonville)
2015 ILLINOIS RIVER WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP