Municipal Farm Restoration

The partnership catalyzes the implementation of Kansas City, Mo.'s city council adopted, integrated, sustainable reuse and concept plans resulting from EPA-funded Area Wide Brownfields Planning for the 445-acre multiple brownfields site near the confluence of the Blue River and Brush Creek. The vision is for a hub of urban agriculture, ecological restoration and outdoor learning and recreation.

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Blue River Greenways Ecosystem Restoration

The partnership is implementing the Army Corps of Engineers and KC Water's concept plan for restoration of ecosystems at the Blue River and Brush Creek confluences and the western half of Municipal Farm. Plans include significant areas of bottomland hardwood forest, wetlands and upland prairie at the convergence of multiple regional greenway and trail systems.

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Brush Creek Restoration Sites

The partnership is mobilizing the building of restoration alternatives that have been planned for two reaches of Brush Creek via an Army Corps of Engineers and a local sponsor feasibility study and community engagement process. The Brush Creek Coordinating Committee - a partner ship of watershed stakeholders- has also created a habitat model unique to this urban watershed and is developing a watershed management plan. There are ongoing studies and training to implement restoration: invasive species studies and removal, native plant community restoration techniques and natural resources mapping.

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Upper Blue River COA

The Blue River and Brush Creek Confluence area is the only urban state-designated Conservation Opportunity Area (COA) in Missouri, and the partnership is working on enabling restoration in thee priority sites, which overlap the other three project sites. A large area of the COA is undergoing active restoration through grants and volunteer action through conservation partnerships, and those successes with volunteer engagement and public education are transferable to the confluence site and Municipal Farm.