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“Project Clear” Offers Small Grants for St. Louis RainScaping

Great news—the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s initiative “Project Clear” offers small grants to help improve water quality through rainscaping! As MSD announces on their website, they “will invest billions of dollars over a generation in planning, designing, and building community rainscaping projects, system improvements, and an ambitious program of maintenance and repair.” Residents of …

Sustainability Demystified

The RainScape Rebates program recently introduced by the Deer Creek Watershed Alliance has brought the topic of sustainability in our own yards front and center. But what does it mean to be sustainable and how can we accomplish sustainability in the tough conditions of St. Louis? Sustainability comes down to a balancing act – balancing the …