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Melvern
The Healthy Ecosystems/Healthy
Communities (HEHC) Project is now accepting applications to begin
working with five new communities! Funding is currently available for
PRIDE Communities located in the following watersheds: Milford,
Melvern, Neosho, Toronto, and the Upper Wakarusa. Please see the map on
the HEHC Website:
PRIDE WRAPS
Communities
Melvern,
Kansas is a community with abundant water resources: the Marais de
Cygnes to the north, Long's Creek to the southeast, and Melvern Lake to
the west. Until recently though, citizens had to drive all the way up
to Eisenhower State park to enjoy a recreation site where you could
walk through the woods or sit in a quiet fishing spot by the river. As
part of Melvern's HEHC water quality and natural resource planning
project, their community elected to rehabilitate 40 acres of land that
was once a dumping site for trash and limbs, into a beautiful
riverfront park for outdoor education and recreation.
Melvern
used their HEHC process to explore ways their river area's natural
resources could provide water quality education to citizens and youth,
and to expand the project's value to other community assets. In a
public planning meeting they identified ideas for health and exercise
programs, opportunities for outdoor classrooms and field trips to the
area for students, new recreational events, and potential economic
opportunities. The project has led to the creation of a new civic
group, The Friends of the Trail, and has opened new leadership
opportunities for their youth and citizens.
Melvern's
water quality BMPs brochure for park visitors is available at the park
kiosk or by CLICKING HERE.
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Important
Documents for Melvern
 Melvern Assessment Teams (PDF
format, 54 KB)
Native Plant Assessment
(Word format, 3.6 MB)
Wildlife Assessment
(Word format, 289 KB)
Built Infrastructure Assessment (Word format, 109 KB)
Historical-Cultural Assessment (Word format, 126 KB)
Land Use Assessment
(Word format, 3.6 MB)
Water Assessment (Word
format, 409 KB)
Note: All
documents are provided in either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF
format. Adobe Reader can be downloaded free of charge at Adobe.com.
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