Plaster Creek Stewards is a collaboration of Calvin College faculty and staff working with local churches and community partners to restore health and beauty to the Plaster Creek Watershed.
Plaster Creek Stewards: working to restore our watershed
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Love thy Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River
Our fall event was Saturday, September 22 10:00am-12:30pm at the Bunker Interpretive Center.
View photos from the project or check out images from the presentation here, and view news coverage here.
Plaster Creek Stewards win $58,500 EPA grant
We have been selected by The River Network and Groundwork USA to receive a $58,500 grant from the EPA! These funds will help us in our education and outreach efforts, including creating partnerships between schools and churches upstream and downstream in the watershed. For more information, read articles about the grant in the Grand Rapids Press and on Calvin’s website.
Plaster Creek Stewards featured by the EPA urban waters division
Check out an 'in the spotlight' feature on our work, as well as video segments about Plaster Creek and other urban watersheds around the U.S.
Plaster Creek Stewards awarded a $375,000 grant to improve the watershed
We have been selected by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to receive a $375,000 grant to improve water quality in Plaster Creek!
Learn the details from Calvin's press release, and read articles on mlive and Rapid Growth.
Read about our efforts in Michigan River News
Read an article in Michigan River News about our work.
Tell us your memories and stories
We have begun collecting oral histories from people of all ages who remember Plaster Creek recently or from long ago. If you have lived, worked, worshipped, studied, or played in the watershed and have stories to tell, we'd love to interview you. Please contact Dr. Gail Heffner at gheffner@calvin.edu.