Haak speaks to Rotary Club

Photo submitted Dr. Delia Haak, Federal Chairman of the Arkansas/Oklahoma River Compact Commission, spoke to the Siloam Springs Rotary Club on May 17 about the Illinois River Watershed and management practices that will continue to improve the water quality. The Illinois River Watershed, is a defined area that spans into Benton, Washington, and Crawford counties in Arkansas, and includes Delaware, Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties in Oklahoma. An interesting fact Haak conveyed was the headwaters of the Illinois River actually starts near Hogeye, Ark., as an underground spring and travels north before bending back west and southwest into Oklahoma. Planting trees, creating riparian buffer zones, adding rain gardens, and being judicious with lawn and agricultural minerals and utilizing more porous materials for parking and other hard surfaces are all ways in which we can do our part to maintain and improve the water quality downstream. The Rotary Club meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Tuesday in the Dye Conference Room at John Brown University.
Photo submitted Dr. Delia Haak, Federal Chairman of the Arkansas/Oklahoma River Compact Commission, spoke to the Siloam Springs Rotary Club on May 17 about the Illinois River Watershed and management practices that will continue to improve the water quality. The Illinois River Watershed, is a defined area that spans into Benton, Washington, and Crawford counties in Arkansas, and includes Delaware, Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties in Oklahoma. An interesting fact Haak conveyed was the headwaters of the Illinois River actually starts near Hogeye, Ark., as an underground spring and travels north before bending back west and southwest into Oklahoma. Planting trees, creating riparian buffer zones, adding rain gardens, and being judicious with lawn and agricultural minerals and utilizing more porous materials for parking and other hard surfaces are all ways in which we can do our part to maintain and improve the water quality downstream. The Rotary Club meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Tuesday in the Dye Conference Room at John Brown University.

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Dr. Delia Haak, Federal Chairman of the Arkansas/Oklahoma River Compact Commission, spoke to the Siloam Springs Rotary Club on May 17 about the Illinois River Watershed and management practices that will continue to improve the water quality. The Illinois River Watershed, is a defined area that spans into Benton, Washington, and Crawford counties in Arkansas, and includes Delaware, Adair, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties in Oklahoma. An interesting fact Haak conveyed was the headwaters of the Illinois River actually starts near Hogeye, Ark., as an underground spring and travels north before bending back west and southwest into Oklahoma. Planting trees, creating riparian buffer zones, adding rain gardens, and being judicious with lawn and agricultural minerals and utilizing more porous materials for parking and other hard surfaces are all ways in which we can do our part to maintain and improve the water quality downstream. The Rotary Club meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Tuesday in the Dye Conference Room at John Brown University.

Community on 05/25/2016