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1 Facilitating a community-wide effort for over 10 years to protect and improve water quality through plant-based solutions. Deer Creek Watershed Alliance is funded by Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation, the Holton family, Great Rivers Greenway, Missouri Department of Conservation, and US EPA Region 7 through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (subgrant number G14-NPS-04), under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.

2 Community Leader s Task Force, Technical Advisory Group & Steering Committee Deer Creek Watershed Management Plan

3 Missouri Botanical Garden Online Rainscaping Guide

4 Missouri Department of Natural Resources Rainscaping Cost-Share Program

5 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Rainscaping Cost-Share Program

6 Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Rainscaping Cost-Share Program

7 Missouri Department of Conservation Steger 6th Grade Center Rainscaping

8 The Holton Family & MICDS Deer Creek Speaker Series

9 East-West Gateway Council of Governments Deer Creek Watershed Maps

10 Deer Creek Steering Committee and Cities of Creve Coeur, Ladue, Frontenac, Warson Woods, & Rock Hill Deer Creek Tributary Naming

11 Great Rivers Greenway District City of Maplewood & SWT Design Deer Creek Greenway Bioretention Project

12 The Holton Family & City of Ladue Creek Crossing Signs

13 City of Frontenac & EDM Engineering Channel Forming Flow Rain Gardens

14 City of Brentwood & Great Rivers Greenway Wetland Enhancement Planning

15 City of Richmond Heights & MDC Bioretention Design

16 City of Clayton Shaw Park Bioretention System

17 City of Frontenac & EDM Engineering Creek Bank Stabilization

18 City of Webster Groves & Forest Releaf Webster Groves Greenkeepers

19 Deer Creek Steering Committee & City of Ladue Ladue Day of Service & Creek Clean-Up

20 Open Space Council, St. Louis County & Forest ReLeaf of MO Tilles Park Woodland Restoration

21 River des Peres Watershed Coalition & MSD River des Peres Trash Bash

22 SWT Design Deer Creek Club Master Plan

23 Steering Committee & Deer Creek Club Woodland Restoration

24 Missouri Department of Natural Resources Missouri Department of Conservation, DJM Ecological Services & Chaminade Bioretention on a Steep Slope

25 Shaw Nature Reserve Rainscaping Design Technical Expertise

26 Litzsinger Road Ecology Center & Washington University Water Quality Monitoring & Analysis

27 EarthWays Center Green Living Festival

28 Missouri American Water Rainscaping Bill Insert

29 ONEStl & East West Gateway Water & Green Infrastructure Committee

30 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Design Workshop

31 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District University City Demonstration Rain Gardens

32 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Creve Coeur Demonstration Rain Gardens

33 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Mount Calvary Bioretention System

34 Missouri Department of Conservation Mt. Calvary Bioretention System

35 Washington University Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Three Demonstration Rain Garden Projects in the Deer Creek Basin

36 Open Space Council of Greater St. Louis William C. Schock Clean Water Conservancy Award

37 American Society of Landscape Architects St. Louis Chapter Civic Stewardship Award

38 The Holton Family & Deer Creek Club The Deer Creek Speaker Series

39 The Art Around You & ARCH Framing Deer Creek Awards

40 In Honor of Cindy Gilberg Deer Creek Watershed Alliance Award of Excellence

41 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Denny Creek Bank Bio-Stabilization

42 SWT Design Denny Creek Riparian Corridor Restoration Design

43 Missouri Department of Natural Resources Rainscaping Cost-Share Program

44 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Rainscaping Cost-Share Program

45 Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Rainscaping Cost-Share Program

46 Missouri Department of Natural Resources Rainscaping Cost-Share Program

47 Together We ve Installed Over 350 projects!

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