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Volunteer Collaborations to improve the Missouri River

Presentation by Vicki Richmond, Healthy Rivers Partership

Just as rain drops combine to make a storm, efforts to improve our rivers combine to make a flood of difference.

What are volunteers doing and how effective is it?

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Vicki Richmond shows a group of Greenworks KC students a river's eye view of downtown Kansas City. photo by Kate Corwin.

Time and Place

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
7:00 pm

Westport CoffeeHouse Theater
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Presentation by Vicki Richmond, Healthy Rivers Partnership

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Where – Westport Coffeehouse Theater – 4010 Pennsylvania Ave. Kansas City, MO

6 p.m. – Social Hour
7 p.m. – Presentation. Presentation will be filmed – After 7 PM, Please enter through Green Room Burgers

PLUS – This presentation audio will be streaming live on KCDV.tv!
(See past videos here)

Presentation is FREE and open to the public!

Just as rain drops combine to make a storm, efforts to improve our rivers combine to make a flood of difference. River cleanups and habitat restoration efforts start out small with a handful of people.  They build momentum, become larger efforts and morph into multiple collaborations that magnify efforts exponentially.
Learn how efforts in Kansas City combine to improve water quality and public awareness.
What are volunteers doing and how effective is it?—————————————————
Vicki Richmond, Executive Director
of Healthy Rivers PartnershipHealthy Rivers Partnership is a not-for-profit professional and naturalist, working as an advocate on river issues for more than 20 years. Her projects include riparian restoration, water quality monitoring, river cleanups, events and festivals. Her work on the Blue River and Missouri River has gained international recognition.Growing up around rivers, streams and lakes, Vicki identifies her childhood as that of a “water baby”. Now, an expert on Kansas City’s rivers, she is an active participant at the community level who draws on a large network of resources and partners. She currently serves on the KC RiverTrails Board, Kansas City Port Authority Commission and the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee.Vicki’s projects include: MR340, RiverFest for Kansas City, MO River Clean-ups, and River Otter Day and Project Blue River Rescue.

Vicki Richmond overlooks the Missouri River at the Healthy Rivers Partnership Headquarters.

Vicki Richmond overlooks the Missouri River at the Healthy Rivers Partnership Headquarters.

Directions

Westport CoffeeHouse – 4010 Pennsylvania Kansas City, Mo – www.westportcoffeehouse.com

The Westport CoffeeHouse is in the Westport entertainment area, midtown KC, south of downtown and north of the Plaza.  The main intersection is Westport Rd and Broadway.  From this intersection, go west on Westport Rd one block to Pennsylvania. Turn north (right).

OR you can get there from the intersection of Southwest Trafficway and Westport Rd.  Go east on Westport Rd to Pennsylvania. Turn north (left).

Westport Coffee House is approximately one block down on the west side of Pennsylvania.  Parking can be had either south of the coffee house in the large parking lot or just north of the coffee house alongside the building.  Enter through Green Room Burgers or Westport CoffeeHouse.

Resources & Links

More about Vicki Richmond’s work on our region’s rivers.

The Big Muddy Speakers Series in Kansas City

is hosted by these wonderful partners!

Thanks to all of our venue hosts for making this possible! Click here for a list of upcoming presentations» The Big Muddy Speaker Series is also held monthly in Rocheport and St. Charles.

Recordings of Presentations

Kansas City Digital Video has been recording Big Muddy Speaker Series presentations. These are available on their website at this link. Some contain synchronized powerpoint presentations. We will be posting these to the archived presentation pages on bigmuddyspeakers.org. Thanks Micheal Morgan and crew for putting this important archive online!