septembre 17, 2021

Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area - Using Wetlands to Filter City Wastewater, Benefitting Both Nature and People

Présentation du webinaire

PARTICIPANTS

H. Carl Gerhardt, Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri

Brady Lichtenberg, Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area Manager & Wildlife Biologist
Missouri Department of Conservation

OVERVIEW

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020, learn more about how Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area came to be and how both nature and people benefit. Through citizen action, the Conservation Department purchased and developed this 4,431-acre area to help offset the loss of nearly 90 percent of Missouri's historical wetlands. The City of Columbia and the Department of Conservation entered into a cooperative agreement that allows the Department to use treated wastewater from the city as a primary water source for the wetlands.