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Loving our Downstream Neighbor: From Plaster Creek to the St. Lawrence River
Plaster Creek StewardsFall event, 2012
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N. Keegstra, J. Parks, and L. Vander Linden. 2012. Calvin College Senior Deisgn Project
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clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/article.php?id=659
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photos.mlive.com/grandrapidspress/2011/02/g0212calvinjump.html
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Little Plaster Creek
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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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