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Loving our Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River

Loving our Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River . Plaster Creek Stewards Fall event, 2012. N. Keegstra , J. Parks, and L. Vander Linden. 2012. Calvin College Senior Deisgn Project. clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/ article.php?id =659.

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Loving our Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River

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  1. Loving our Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River Plaster Creek Stewards Fall event, 2012

  2. N. Keegstra, J. Parks, and L. Vander Linden. 2012. Calvin College Senior Deisgn Project

  3. clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=659

  4. photos.mlive.com/grandrapidspress/2011/02/g0212calvinjump.htmlphotos.mlive.com/grandrapidspress/2011/02/g0212calvinjump.html

  5. Little Plaster Creek

  6. Problems caused by stormwater • Irregular flow patterns and unnatural flooding in streams and rivers • Stream bank erosion • Thermal pollution (temperature spikes) • EPA estimates 50-70% of surface water pollution is carried by stormwater runoff • Lawn/fertilizer nutrients

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