{"id":1643,"date":"2025-02-03T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:43:00","slug":"contribute-to-a-healthier-watershed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/?p=1643","title":{"rendered":"Contribute to a Healthier Watershed"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Pick up trash wherever you find it &#8212; your neighborhood, on trails, at the park, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Plant Missouri Native plants in your landscape\n<ul>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/grownative.org\/\">Grow Native<\/a>\u00a0for resources and ideas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Remove invasive plants from your yard\n<ul>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.mo.gov\/discover-nature\/invasive-nuisance-species\">Missouri Department of Conservation<\/a>\u00a0for information &amp; help with identification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reduce your plastic consumption\n<ul>\n<li>Say No! to single use plastics<\/li>\n<li>Use non-plastic reusable containers for drinks and food<\/li>\n<li>Bring your own bags to the grocery store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Participate in Stream Cleanup events<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer to help SGRWA with projects &amp; to get the word out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GET OUTSIDE and ENJOY NATURE &#8211; you may be amazed and inspired by what you see<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1703\" src=\"https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/upLoads\/PhotoGallery\/2025\/02\/Dragonfly-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/upLoads\/PhotoGallery\/2025\/02\/Dragonfly-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/upLoads\/PhotoGallery\/2025\/02\/Dragonfly-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/upLoads\/PhotoGallery\/2025\/02\/Dragonfly-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/upLoads\/PhotoGallery\/2025\/02\/Dragonfly-250x107.png 250w, https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/upLoads\/PhotoGallery\/2025\/02\/Dragonfly-500x215.png 500w, https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/upLoads\/PhotoGallery\/2025\/02\/Dragonfly.png 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pick up trash wherever you find it &#8212; your neighborhood, on trails, at the park, etc. Plant Missouri Native plants in your landscape Visit\u00a0Grow Native\u00a0for resources and ideas Remove invasive plants from your yard Visit\u00a0Missouri Department of Conservation\u00a0for information &amp; &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sgrwa.org\/?p=1643\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mainnewspage","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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