Dewey Short Visitor Center Opens

Last Friday, April 27, our staff had the privilege to see the ribbon cutting for the new Dewey Short Visitor Center on Table Rock Lake.  The building was built by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and will be used as an educational facility along with excellent visitor information.  The Ozark Rivers Heritage Foundation works with the Corps of Engineers to help run the facility through volunteers. 

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Over 600 volunteers and 700 bags of trash so far for 2012!

The Annual Shoreline Cleanup on Table Rock Lake was held Saturday, April 7th,  2012.  .  If you have not participated already, we encourage you to pick up some trash bags from us and clean up your favorite area of the lake.....we still have the beautiful T-shirts to reward you for your work!

Through the work of volunteers like you, this project has to date removed over 170 tons of trash and 2500 tires from the shores of Table Rock Lake!

Pictures of volunteers picking up trash and cleaning up the lake can be seen in our Gallery. You may also find statistics on previous years cleanups by going to our main WK Lewis Shoreline Cleanup Page.

 

Sponsors of the Cleanup include:

Table Rock Marina Association, What’s up Dock, Port of Kimberling, State Park Marina, Showboat Branson Belle, Silver Dollar City, WhiteWater, James River Basin Partnership, White River Valley Environmental Services, Table Rock Asphalt and Construction, Cricket Creek Marina, Table Rock Lake Area Chamber of Commerce,

June 14th

Join Table Rock Lake Water Quality Inc. for a fun, informative event to learn how to better protect our water quality through simple, easy changes in how we maintain our homes and yards.

Our main topics include:

1) Native plants,rain gardens, buffers & other stormwater solutions

2) What you do in your yard matters; Natural yard/garden maintenance

3) What do I have in the ground? Maintenance options for septic systems

4) Natural, Safe, Effective Household Cleaners

The area watershed groups have banded together once again to promote the 2nd Annual Water Watch Week.  We have a menagerie of activities planned and they are continually being updated so check back regularly!  Click here to read more about this action-packed week!

Educational Seminar at the Watershed Center and Onsite Wastewater Training Facility in Springfield on May 18

TRLWQ and MSO are hosting an educational seminar that will discuss Ozark soil types, overcoming sinkhole problems, and onsite troubleshooting.  The class will be hosted at the Watershed Center along with a hands-on experience at the Onsite Wastewater Training Facility. 

Missouri Smallflows website has more details. 

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Table Rock Lake Levels

The Table Rock Lake elevations are recorded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  They are updated every hour.  Some good numbers to keep in mind that elevation 915 is the top of conservation pool level and 931 is the top of flood control pool level.  Click "Read More" or this link to

Table Rock Lake USACE webpage