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Our Impact
2001- 2023:
224
River Cleanups
26
Educator Workshops
1,064
Tons of Trash
39,673
Students & Teachers
33,491
Cleanup Volunteers
5,399
Paddlers Paddling
Honors and Awards
2023
"50 Missourians You Should Know"
- Ingram's Magazine honoring Steve Schnarr
2021
Missouri Attorney General Honors Award
2020
Missouri Environmental Education Association
“Outstanding Service Award”
awarded to Kristen Schulte
2020 Missouri Stream Team
"Stream Team Ambassador Award"
awarded to Kevin Tosie
2020 Columbia Public Schools 5-year
Partners in Education plaque
2020
"Progress
in Sustainability"
from the Columbia Missourian
Progress Awards
2018
"Conservation Organization of the Year"
from the Conservation Federation of Missouri
2018
Certificate of Appreciation
from the Village of Hartsburg, to Steve Schnarr
2018
"Kay & Leo Drey Environmental Stewardship Award"
from Missouri Coalition for the Environment awarded to Steve Schnarr
2018
"Missouri River Champion Award"
from the
Missouri River Natural Resources Committee
2017
"Citizen's Award"
- Missouri Chapter of American Fisheries Society
2017
"Missouri River Country Heroes Award"
- by Magnificent Missouri and Katy Land Trust
2017 Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement
"Environmental Stewardship Award"
- City of Columbia, MO
2017 100 Years of Missouri Conservation Partnership Award – Mo. Dept. of Conservation & Mo. Cons. Heritage Foundation
2016 "Stream Team Ambassador Award" for Outstanding Service to Missouri's Rivers and Streams - awarded to Melanie Cheney
2015
G. Andy Runge Award
from Missouri Chapter of the Wildlife Society
2011 Environmental Grant Award Winner from MO American Water
2011 "River Kids Hero" Award
2011 Mayor's proclamation from the City of Washington declaring Oct. 10th-16th "Missouri River Week" in honor of the Big Muddy Clean Sweep
2011 Congressional Record from Senator Claire McCaskill in honor of River Relief's 10th Anniversary
2010 Mid-Missouri Peaceworks Recognition for Sustainability and the Environment
2009 Resolution from Kansas City, MO, City Council and Mayor "Welcoming Missouri River Relief to Kansas City, MO"
2007 The Open Space Council’s William C. Shock “Clean Water Conservancy Award”
2007 REI’s St. Louis “Non-Profit of the Month” (August)
2005 EPA Region 7 Administrator’s Award “Environmental Excellence”
2005 Lakeside Nature Center (Kansas City) “Volunteer of the Month”
2005 James River Basin Partnership “Clean Water Award”
2005 “Stream Team Achievement Award” -- Adult Leadership
2004 Missouri Environmental Education Association “Environmental Education Service”
2003 David Garcia Award for “Environmental Excellence”
By the Numbers
224 Cleanups
100 "Away Teams"
1,064 Tons of Trash
33,491 Volunteers
300+ Educational River Trips
401 Missouri River Presentations
26 Educator Workshops
177 Learning Festivals
39,673 Students & Teachers
11 Student Summer Camps
77 Paddling Events
5,399 Paddlers
10 Plantings and Restoration Projects
16 Water Quality Monitoring
Results by Year
2023 Results
2022 Results
2021 Results
2020 Results
2019 Results
Year in Review Reports
2022 Impact Report (pdf)
2021 Year in Review Report (pdf)
2020 Year in Review Report (pdf)
2019 Year in Review Report (pdf)
2018 Year in Review Report (pdf)
2001-2022 Results Map
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