PBRR Awarded the Keep Kansas City Beautiful Environmental Excellence Award

Project Blue River Rescue has won the Keep Kansas City Beautiful Environment Excellence award from Bridging the Gap.

The citation reads:

Revitalizing 41 miles of the winding Blue River is what Project Blue River Rescue is all about. Organized by The Friends of Lakeside Nature Center's Stream Team #175, the largest one-day stream cleanup in Missouri just celebrated its 15th anniversary. Built and sustained through partnerships with state and local governments, businesses, civic organizations and citizens, the Rescue has become a model for other cleanups around the state and region.  More than 800 volunteers participated in the 2005 cleanup and collected 1200 tires, cleaned more than 100 tons from 22 worksites, and planted 500 trees.  During the past 15 years more than 1000 tons of trash have been removed from the beautiful Blue River

Vicki Richmond, FOLNC Conservation Committee Chairman said, "The Rescue has become a model for others to follow.  We are view as experts in this odd field.  Lots of folks are using our procedures and that makes our work sustainable.  I'm thrilled beyond words that, in our fifteenth year, we are being so honored."