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Jeff Barrow: We are doing a Stream Team summit and cleanup
and so we invited all of the regional and local Stream Teams
to come out and help us clean up the Missouri River.
And we had a great cleanup. They were like animals out there.
We attacked an old dump site that was full of
gnarly old motorcycles,
dryers, refrigerators - really, really the gnarliest kind of trash out there.
And they attacked it and we got it out of the river
and are getting ready to haul it away.
Steve Schnarr: Missouri River Relief is Missouri Stream Team #1875
and like all stream teams across the state,
it's a mix of ordinary people that love the Missouri River
and didn't really have a way to get together
and work together to show that love.
Jen Courtney: I just think it's really important
to care about where you're livin'
and this is certainly an important aspect of living in Mid-Missouri.
It's very fulfilling.
I can go back to my real life feeling like I did something that mattered
and I didn't just waste another weekend.
Steve: Wherever we go, I hear people say,
I think you guys are doing a good job 'cause the river's a lot cleaner,
I think it's a lot cleaner than it used to be.
and what I always tell them is,
Well, that's what 4,000 stream teams will do.
We all live downstream
and it's everyone working together on their stream
and then getting together and working on their friends' steam
that makes a difference over the years. This has been going for 20 years
and I really do think it makes a difference,
and we've still got a lot of work to do out there.
(voiceover) And no matter how important the last 20 years has been,
it's the actions and intentions of the next generation
that will determine the future of Missouri's natural resources.
I don't know, I love the idea of citizens just helping out for the sake of helping out
and I guess it works, why else are we here anyway? It's all voluntary.
I for one was rather shocked as to some of the stuff that were in the river.
I'm still wondering why people dump tires in rivers.
(boy) And refrigerators.
Yeah that whole river bank with the sinks, refrigerators, washing machines,
that was kind of a puzzlement right there.
We also got to see some pelicans and some herons, that was good.
Add some jumping carp!
(boy) Jumping carp for the first time.
(girl) It'll make you more aware of the world around you too,
like you can't stay locked up in the concrete all the time.
So, when you get out of those little spaces you're cooped in, it makes a difference.