{"id":26,"date":"2024-09-06T18:34:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T18:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-11-12T03:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:04:07","slug":"involvement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"MTSU Stormwater Program Public Involvement &amp; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MTSU Stormwater Program strives to provide education for streams and rivers in our community.&nbsp; We also provide educational and volunteer opportunities to our campus population.&nbsp; Some of our projects have included campus cleanups, stream cleanups, wetland remediation, tree plantings, invasive plant removal, elementary environmental education and outreach booths.&nbsp; We would love for you to join in and be part of our clean stream experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Volunteers needed!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/planyourvisit\/event-details.htm?id=4BE0A1B6-C2F5-BDD3-843D903E27943491\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/planyourvisit\/event-details.htm?id=4BE0A1B6-C2F5-BDD3-843D903E27943491\">Murfreesboro&#8217;s Public Lands Day<\/a><br>September 26, 2026<br>Join volunteers across the nation for a morning of caring for our nation&#8217;s public lands.  We will work to remove invasive plants, non-historic fence and trash from Stones River National Battlefield and Murfreesboro&#8217;s Schaefer Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check-in opens at 8:30 AM and we will work from 9-11:30 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will be removing invasive plants, modern fence and trash at&nbsp;the McFadden Farm Unit of Stones River National Battlefield and Murfreesboro&#8217;s Schafer Park. The plans are in place, now we need your help. Registration is required at&nbsp;https:\/\/forms.office.com\/g\/ZL4GcqWAtj&nbsp;by September 23, 2026. Volunteers under 14 years old may not participate in invasive plant\/fence removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact Information: Jim Lewis, 615-893-9501<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Registration:  <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlOOEdo3seMpHif-3pRu2QDNUMDBFNFpSMlcyMUk5RzFIVUY5QkdKNklJNi4u&amp;route=shorturl\">https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlOOEdo3seMpHif-3pRu2QDNUMDBFNFpSMlcyMUk5RzFIVUY5QkdKNklJNi4u&amp;route=shorturl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTSU Stormwater Program strives to provide education for streams and rivers in our community.&nbsp; We also provide educational and volunteer opportunities to our campus population.&nbsp; Some of our projects have included campus cleanups, stream cleanups, wetland remediation, tree plantings, invasive plant removal, elementary environmental education and outreach booths.&nbsp; We would love for you to join [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/stormwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}