How to protect a stream for under $400!

By: Grace Ignatovaand Mia HowertonWe’ll show you!

Background 8 sports fields at MICDS Stream by the Mac

125 m. long Pesticides (insecticides &

herbicides) This creates polluted runoff Buffer strip will solve this problem

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Dangerous effects Fish can become ill Oceans can become polluted Drinking water can become contaminated

Research that went farther than the internet…

Contacted the MICDS Ground Maintenance

I need to know specifically what chemicals and pesticides are used on the sports fields at school. Could you please help me by telling me what kinds of pesticides being are used on the fields? This is really going to help me write my proposal. Thank you so much!

-Mia Howerton

Herbicides Scythe, Confront, Battleship, & Round-up

Insecticides Merit, Isotox, & Malathion

Benefits of buffer strip Preventing erosion Improving soil quality Filter water Create a sustainable

environment at MICDS

Hehe… Green thumb #pun_intended

Proven StatisticsBenefits of buffer strip: Block up to 50% or more of pesticides 60% or more of certain pathogens blocked 75% or more of sediment kept from eroding

(National Research Conservation Service)

Research that went farther than the internet… Contacted Missouri Botanical Garden

Trees needed Viburnum Prunifolium (Smooth

Blackhaw) Ilex Decidua (Possumhaw Holly)

Shrubs Alnus Serrulata (Smooth Alder) Ceanothus Herbaceus (Prairie Redroot)

Details 60 ft. on side facing

fields 20 ft. on opposite

side Allows for maximum

protection Natural buffer strip

Costs Possumhaw Holly

$16.00 a tree Smooth Blackhaw

$8.00 a tree Both types of shrubs cost the same ($4.75)

Smooth Alder Prairie Redroot

12 of each shrub= $114 10 of each tree = $240 The total cost= $354

In Conclusion… The MICDS is very well kept and pretty

Problem of runoff A buffer Strip will block these harmful

chemicals and will create a more sustainable environment

Total cost= $340

Thank you!