2022 Watershed Celebration at Meramec State Park: Leave the potluck at home, but bring your own tube or boat to float the river!
See below for our Covid related changes to this annual event.
SAVE THE DATE: Missouri Stream Teams from around the state are invited to join together for the 26th Annual Watershed Celebration at Meramec State Park on July 23, 2022.
Free Stream Team camping at Group Site C on July 22 and July 23, 2022 will be available at Meramec State Park. Camping is first-come, first-serve. Check with the park for current camping info.
Find out more about Meramec State Park at the park website.
Free Stream Team camping at Group Site C on July 22 and July 23, 2022 will be available at Meramec State Park. Camping is first-come, first-serve. Check with the park for current camping info.
Find out more about Meramec State Park at the park website.
Calendar of the Watershed Celebration Weekend:
Friday July 22: Camping is available free-of-charge for Missouri Stream Teams at Group Site C. Check with the park for current camping info. Camping is first-come, first-serve. Program at the park amphitheater Friday evening - details to be announced!
Saturday July 23: Join with Missouri Stream Teams from around the state at Shelter #2. The gathering begins at 10 AM and concludes around 5 PM. Due to ongoing Covid precautions, we will have the following changes to this year's celebration:
Saturday July 23: Join with Missouri Stream Teams from around the state at Shelter #2. The gathering begins at 10 AM and concludes around 5 PM. Due to ongoing Covid precautions, we will have the following changes to this year's celebration:
- Stream Teams United and participating Associations will provide the lunch. No potluck. Do not bring food to share.
- We'll provide aluminum cans of lemonade, soda, and flavored water. Bring your own beverage too if you wish.
- Raffle - We'll have a kayak and lots of other fun prizes! We encourage use of hand sanitizer or hand washing after handling tickets and cash.
- If you want to float on the river, bring your own tube or boat and arrange a shuttle upstream with your own family/group.
- We'll have socially distanced Bingo "pods" and learning stations, but we are not holding the kid crafts or canoe/obstacle race. We will have prizes for kids who participate in learning stations.
- Mask wearing is encouraged when people are in line to receive food, or when people cannot socially distance. All participants will be required to sign an event waiver which includes a Covid-19 waiver.
- Camping is also offered to Stream Teams at Group Site C on Saturday evening. Camping is first-come, first-serve.
Stream Teams from Northern Ozark Rivers Partnership (NORP) began hosting the annual Meramec Watershed Celebration in 1997. In 2022, we will be celebrating the 26th Annual Watershed Celebration held at Meramec State Park.
If you can attend in 2022, please do not bring a potluck dish to share. We will provide lunch in "to-go" containers. You may bring a gift/prize to include in the raffle if you wish. We hope to see you there for this fun celebration with your Missouri Stream Team family!
If you can attend in 2022, please do not bring a potluck dish to share. We will provide lunch in "to-go" containers. You may bring a gift/prize to include in the raffle if you wish. We hope to see you there for this fun celebration with your Missouri Stream Team family!
