Dedication and Acknowledgments

This curriculum and activity guide is dedicated to all the STREAM TEAM volunteers in Missouri who protect and preserve Missouri’s rivers and streams through education, stewardship and advocacy for all the inhabitants of their watersheds.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) would like to acknowledge the sponsors, writers, editors and revisionists whose efforts made this project possible.

Sponsors 1st edition:
(1997 Edition)
Boeing Company
Missouri Department of Conservation
Sponsors 2nd edition:
(2005 Edition)
Boeing Company
Missouri Department of Conservation
Project Coordinator: Mark Van Patten, Fisheries Management Biologist (MDC)
2nd Edition Revision Team: Jessie Cargas, Stream Team 2513, The College School, Middle School Teacher
Valerie Hentges, Stream Team 1385, MDC
Marianne Jones, Stream Team 1758, House Springs Elementary
Mark Van Patten, Stream Team 1, MDC
Regina Van Patten, Stream Team, 579, South Callaway Middle School
Ron Scott, Stream Team 332, Center Middle School
Elizabeth Peterson, Stream Team 76, Ladue Middle School
1st Edition Writers: Dennis Carmen, Excelsior Springs School
Monte Holder, Stream Team 443, Marshall High School
Justin Mutrux, Stream Team 329, Raymondville Elementary School
Mary Ann Mutrux, Stream Team 454, Willow Springs Middle School
Gail Seibel, Retired Teacher, Ballwin
Herb Turner, Stream Team 218, Waynesville Middle School
Dr. Edward Williamson, Summerville School
Web Technician: Cassandra Lentz
Artist: Mark S. Raithel
Typist: Diane Munsterman
Technical Advisor: John Fantz, Stream Technical Unit MDC
Technical Support: Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Special Thanks To: Paul Calvert, Streams Program Supervisor (MDC), Alicia Whitison (MDC) Editing
Reference Used For Spelling: Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Deluxe Edition, 1996.
Contact: Missouri Department of Conservation Stream Unit
2901 W. Truman Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180
Phone: 573-751-4115 Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Web Site: http://www.mostreamteam.org