Amenities
We all have a responsibility to care for Clark County’s waterways. National Trail maintains 12 miles of waterways throughout Clark County which includes all of Buck Creek, portions of the Mad River and other smaller waterways. National Trail works with the Springfield Conservancy District and others to remove tires and debris, reforests stream banks, remove invasive plant species and establishes native prairies along the streams’ edges. The average person can help by limiting the amount of stormwater pollution reaching the streams. Stormwater pollution occurs when it rains. Between rain storms, the debris of everyday life-litter, cigarette butts, oil dripping from cars, excess lawn and garden chemicals, and pet waste, build up on the landscape. When it rains, it’s as if the landscape gets a bath and all those dirt and chemicals are washed off. They end up, however, in Clark County’s streams. You can easily help though! Don’t litter or over-apply lawn fertilizers and chemicals. And one of the biggest things you can do, especially if you live in Springfield, is to direct as many downspouts as possible to an area where rainwater will soak into the ground rather than runoff to the street.
