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St. Clair County Greenspace Foundation

Contact
Barbara D. Taylor
36 Bluff Drive
Belleville, IL 62223
lb_taylor@charter.net
(618) 398-2237

Activity: Tree planting, demolishing condemned buildings and letting the land revert to forested bluffs and the removal of invasive species

Geographic location: Mississippi River Bluffs (forested) in St. Clair County

Brief activity description: The St. Clair County Greenspace Foundation is a non-profit Land Trust, founded in 1990, dedicated to the preservation of forests, wetlands and prairies in the county for the purposes of conservation, education and recreation. Of the approximately 50 acres we own, almost all of it faces the Great American Bottom (flood plain) overlooking the City of St. Louis, Missouri. We are letting our lands revert to natural river bluffs.

Primary goals or focus:

• Water quality improvement
• Education/information sharing
• Organizing/networking/coordinating
• Monitoring
• Performance evaluation

Projected outcomes/impacts, if known: There is no way we can quantify our stewardship. However, with each land acquisiton, we attract more volunteers and donors.

Activity type:

• Education
• Demonstration

Scale of activity:

• Community-level
• Watershed
• County

Lead organization(s)/organizer(s): St. Clair County Greenspace Foundation

Other partners and participants: Illinois Department of Transportation; American Bottom EcoSystem Partnership; Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Ameren; Resource, Conservation and Development; The Land Conservancy

Timeline/duration: We were founded on 1990 to 2006
Projected or real startup time: 1990
Projected ending time or goal deadline: We intend to keep operating in the future, adding land (when available) and stewarding our land.

Funding sources:

• State government
• Foundations
• Individual donors

Follow-up activities that will/might result from this activity: Stewardship of our land is a big responsibility for us.