April 2021 | Issue No. 25 |
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Citywide Creek Clean-up Goes Virtual
In celebration of Earth Month in April, the City of Tulsa is taking its annual creek clean-up virtual!
This close-to-home event will be held through April 24 and allows residents to safely participate in the popular creek clean-up within their own neighborhoods.
Volunteers can choose from 20 locations to help pick-up trash and other debris to keep our local streams clean and healthy.
A list of site locations and registration forms are located at www.tulsastreams.com. All participants must fill out a liability waiver and view the safety guidelines video on our website.
Stormwater staff can provide safety vests, trash grabbers, trash bags, gloves, bug spray, and sunscreen.
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Spring Cleaning: Disposing Household Pollutants
It is Springtime again, and since we are all spending more time at home thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic - why not distract yourself by cleaning your home and properly disposing your household pollutants?
The City of Tulsa Household Pollutant Collection Facility is open year-round to Tulsa residents.
We hope this permanent disposal facility will discourage Tulsans from putting household pollutants down our sanitary sewers, storm drains, or into the trash and recycling systems, which pose a risk for the environment, water sources, wastewater collection, and treatment systems. It also poses a risk for staff handling the household pollutant materials in the trash and recycling systems.
The facility accepts paint (latex and oil-based), cleaners, detergents, cooking oil, and many more household pollutants.
No appointment is necessary to visit the facility at 4502 S. Galveston Ave. Trained staff members are on-site Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for household chemical drop-offs. Don't forget to wear a mask when you come for your drop-off.
For a list of all accepted and non-accepted items, visit our website, www.cityoftulsa.org/hpcf, or call (918) 584-0584
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Builder of the Quarter:
Gant Hinkle
The City of Tulsa is pleased to recognize Gant Hinkle, owner of True North Homes (TNH), as this quarter's Erosion Control Builder. Gant has been in the construction business for more than six years. For the last three years, he's focused on new home construction in the greater Tulsa metro area. Gant operates a full hands-on, speculative, and custom home-building company. Gant's mission is to build energy-efficient homes by utilizing foam and blown-in bib systems that dramatically reduce energy consumption. This results in a lower cost to operate customers' homes. He is a detailed, hands-on builder and seeks to optimize every square inch of a floorplan to ensure there is no wasted space or opportunity foregone.
Gant uses a variety of measures to ensure sediment is controlled at his construction sites. He uses Grade A rock for his driveway, silt fencing, and gator guards on the perimeter. When called, Gant always responds quickly to any situations that might arise.
Gant is a proud member of the HBA in good standing and an annual Parade of Homes participant. True North Homes (TNH) is currently building homes in midtown Tulsa, Broken Arrow, South Tulsa, Tulsa Hills, and Owasso and is looking to expand to build in any greater Tulsa metro location. Congratulations again, Gant, for being The City of Tulsa's Builder of the Quarter.
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Species Spotlight:
Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
The golden redhorse is a fish species that can be found in freshwater streams, creeks, and rivers with varied substrates in the eastern half of North America. In a pool, they are generally found over sand and silt. Occasionally they have been seen living in lakes or larger reservoirs fed by a stream or river. In Tulsa, this species of fish is only found in one or two creeks in our area. Compared to other redhorse species, the golden redhorse can survive in many different qualities of water. Therefore, they are not good indicators of water quality.
Golden redhorses average around 12 to 18 inches long and weigh between one and two pounds. The golden scales decorating its sides give the fish its name. They have olive backs, white bellies, and slate gray tail fins. They have a spindle-shaped body that allows them to fight against currents in streams to capture their prey. It has an inferior or downward turned mouth. It is a bottom-feeding species that can extend its mouth to suck up food objects from the stream bed.
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Order Your Rain Barrel With This Special Deal!
We are partnering with Upcycle Products to offer rain barrels at a discounted rate to the public.
A rain barrel attaches to the gutter on your home to catch rainwater that falls onto your roof. You can use the water to wash your car, top off your swimming pool and, most commonly, to water your garden or lawn. Harvesting rainwater prevents stormwater runoff from picking up pollutants as it flows into the streets and storm drains which then flow untreated to our local streams. Harvesting rain water also allows stormwater to soak into the ground decreasing scouring flows of stormwater to streams in urban areas after rainfall.
Visit Upcycle to view and purchase a rain barrel.
The rain barrels will be distributed on Friday May 14,, Noon – 3 p.m. and Saturday May 15,, 8 a.m. – Noon, at Tulsa’s Household Pollutant Collection Facility, 4502 S. Galveston Ave.
Note: The City of Tulsa does not endorse any vendor above another, nor are they the only vendor who offer rain barrels.
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