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Published August 13, 2008 03:38 pm - BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — A group hoping to restore Spring River and its tributaries in Cherokee County is trying to decide among potential demonstration projects as a way to educate the public about the river’s condition and ways to improve it. Kansas group, federal agency work to restore Spring River w/ link to Cherokee County Restoration Plan and Environmental AssessmentBy Roger McKinney
rmckinney@joplinglobe.com BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — A group hoping to restore Spring River and its tributaries in Cherokee County is trying to decide among potential demonstration projects as a way to educate the public about the river’s condition and ways to improve it. On a separate track, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has developed a draft plan to restore terrestrial and aquatic habitat in the Superfund site in Cherokee County that was damaged by decades of mining. The Spring River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy group met Monday night in Baxter Springs to discuss nine potential demonstration projects. The Kansas Alliance of Wetlands and Streams, a nonprofit group, has about $12,000 from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for demonstration projects in Cherokee County. Doug Blex, field coordinator for the alliance, said the money may pay for one or two projects. The Spring River restoration group appointed a committee that will recommend one or two projects at the group’s September meeting. The proposals are: A wetland including viewing stations on the south side of Schermerhorn Park in Galena. Microbiological waste recycling, in which microorganisms consume human waste. Vegetation and tree planting. A phytoremediation wetland using vegetation that removes heavy metals from the water. A rain garden at the Baxter Springs High School parking lot to prevent erosion and runoff into a nearby stream. A wetland near a stream connecting to Spring River in Baxter Springs. A wetland connected with Willow Creek in Baxter Springs. The creek is discolored from metals contamination. A wetland in a drainage area in the Southridge subdivision in Baxter Springs. 
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